Flash Flood in De Baca County, New Mexico

Flash Flood May 31, 2023 · De Baca County, New Mexico

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

A storm chaser reported a foot of fast moving water crossing NM Highway 252 at this location. No damages were reported.

The wider storm

Sufficient lift ahead of an upper low over California and Arizona and Gulf moisture ahead of the dryline across eastern New Mexico allowed widespread showers and storms to initiate around midday. Several supercells produced large and severe hail along with two tornadoes in the central and south-central highlands of Guadalupe and Lincoln County. Later that evening, training supercells grew upscale into a convective complex with flash flooding across east central New Mexico.

Began near Taiban (34.4700, -104.0100).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EFU Lincoln County EFU Guadalupe County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1093007. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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