Flash Flood — Curry, New Mexico

2023-05-31 · near Grady, Curry, New Mexico

Event narrative

The NM Department of Highways reported NM Highway 278 closed from flooding due to heavy rain.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1093008. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.