Flash Flood in Otero County, New Mexico

Flash Flood June 23, 2025 – June 24, 2025 · Otero County, New Mexico

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Orogrande Gate on the White Sands Missile Range received 4.62 of rain and caused some portions of the road from Highway 54 to get flooded.

The wider storm

A deep plume of early season monsoonal moisture moved up areas east of the Rio Grande Valley. At the same time, an upper trough was entering the Great Basin helping to trigger numerous storms with heavy rain across the Rio Grande Valley of Dona Ana and Otero counties.

Began near Orogrande (32.3948, -106.1698).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1272408. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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