Flood — Grant, New Mexico

2022-08-21 · near Sherman, Grant, New Mexico

Event narrative

The Mimbres River was out of it's bank causing some areas of New Mexico Highway 61 to be impassable at several low water crossings.

Wider weather episode

Several days of heavy rain continued across southwest New Mexico as a slow moving mid and upper level trough helped produce widespread rain across the region with nearly 5 inches of rain reported near White Sands. As a result of the heavy rain, numerous reports of flash flooding were received.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1053978. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.