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Flash Flood in Mora County, New Mexico

Flash Flood June 30, 2022 · Mora County, New Mexico

$75K
Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Mora County emergency manager reported that the Canoncito Creek overtopped the culvert and flooded Canoncito Road. Damages are estimated.

The wider storm

A persistent pattern continued on June 30, 2022, as an area of high pressure to the east of New Mexico allowed for a deep moisture plume across the area. With this moisture plume focused across western New Mexico, the afternoon and evening thunderstorms favored areas along and west of the central mountain chain. The Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon burn scar, which for several days had received steady, stratiform rain, finally responded as heavy rain resulted flash flooding and debris flow on the northern end of the large burn scar in Mora County.

Began near Holman (36.0200, -105.4100).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1025561. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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