Flash Flood — Otero, New Mexico

2024-07-19 to 2024-07-20 · near White Tail, Otero, New Mexico

Event narrative

The Ruidoso Police Department reported fast moving water flowing along the sides of Highway 70.

Wider weather episode

An upper high continued to sit over Arizona while another elongated trough moved into the Great Lakes but extended all the way down into southern New Mexico. Modest moisture was located over the Borderland and slow moving storms produced flash flooding over the Salt Burn scar twice and also near Las Cruces.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1202015. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.