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Rare Arizona tornado might signal a record-breaking El Niño winter

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Arizona has averaged 3.9 tornadoes a year since 1950 — far below Texas’ annual average of 120-140. Residents of Heber-Overgaard, a small community of 3,000 people 140 miles northeast of Phoenix, say they never saw it coming. " ABC News reported hail the size of golf balls, heavy rain and wind gusts across the state Wednesday — which brought the continued risk of tornadoes and flash flooding.

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