Thunderstorm Wind — San Miguel, New Mexico

2025-06-27 · near (lvs)las Vegas Airport, San Miguel, New Mexico

Wider weather episode

Despite a relative downtick in monsoon moisture over the weekend, slow storm motions of thunderstorms developing near or directly over the Ruidoso area burn scars resulted in flash flooding on June 26th and 28th. Swift moving water was reported to run down the Rio Ruidoso on the 26th, destroyed one small bridge crossing in the Upper Canyon area. Similar burn scar flash flooding resulted in the closure of the bridge at Main Road and Fox Drive on the 28th.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1258706. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.