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Flash Flood in Curry County, New Mexico
Flash Flood May 31, 2023 · Curry County, New Mexico
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
The NM Department of Highways reported NM Highway 278 closed from flooding due to heavy rain.
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 Grady (34.8800, -103.4400).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1093008. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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