The tornado in Monroe was small and rare, but Washington state is no stranger to twisters

Tornado alley it’s not, but Washington state is no stranger to twisters. “We average just shy of two tornadoes a year,” said Ted Buehner, a warning-coordination meteorologist with the National Weather Service. That adds up to 120 twisters from 1950 until last year, according to storm event data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.…