Flash Flood — Dona Ana, New Mexico

2024-07-20 · near University Park, Dona Ana, New Mexico

Event narrative

Social media video showed water running over Dripping Springs Road.

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 1202017. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.