Flash Flood — Sandoval, New Mexico

2022-08-11 · near Jemez Spgs, Sandoval, New Mexico

Event narrative

Video shared by local broadcast media showed flooding and debris flow on the Cerro Pelado burn scar near Sierra de Los Pinos and the East Fork Jemez River. No damages are known.

Wider weather episode

The center of the upper-level high pressure remained centered over Colorado on August 11, 2022, while a weak disturbance raced northward through western New Mexico. This disturbance and plentiful moisture focused the greatest storm coverage for areas south of Interstate 40 with more isolated coverage north of Interstate 40. While many of these thunderstorms across the south were robust and capable of producing heavy rainfall, it was a thunderstorm on the Cerro Pelado burn scar in the Jemez Mountains that caused the only flash flooding report of the day.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1038430. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.