Flash Flood — Curry, New Mexico

2024-05-29 · near Clovis, Curry, New Mexico

Event narrative

Water 8 to 9 inches deep was reported at the intersection of West Grande Avenue and North Hull Street. A car was stalled in deep water nearby at West Grande Avenue and West 1st Street.

Wider weather episode

A surface convergence boundary was draped across east central NM during the evening hours of May 29th. High moisture was in place east of the boundary. These two features resulted in the development and strengthening of a strong supercell that drifted south and southeast through Curry County. The supercell produced two brief tornadoes along with golf ball to baseball size hail in central and southeast Curry County near Cannon Air Force Base. Rotation weakened as the supercell moved south into Roosevelt County. However, it still dropped baseball to tea cup size hail in Portales. The supercell exited into the Texas South Plains shortly before midnight.

Key Words: Tornado, Hail, Flash Flood.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1170226. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.