Flash Flood in Otero County, New Mexico

Flash Flood June 27, 2022 · Otero County, New Mexico

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What the National Weather Service wrote

Highway 130 was closed due to widespread flash flooding west of Weed.

The wider storm

Deep monsoonal moisture remained across the region just ahead of an upper trough moving across the southern Rockies. Storms developed off the eastern slopes of the Sacramento Mountains with some isolated areas receiving heavy rain which caused flash flooding along Highway 130.

Began near Sacramento (32.8818, -105.6293).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1038968. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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