Flash Flood — Bernalillo, New Mexico

2009-09-09 · near Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico

Event narrative

Four people in the North Diversion Channel under Interstate 25 at Montgomery Blvd. were swept downstream by swift moving water from a nearby thunderstorm that was producing heavy rain. Three men were able to pull themselves out of the Channel, but a fourth male, Brandon Clifford Jordan, was found dead the next day in the Channel at 2nd street and Alameda.

Wider weather episode

An upper level disturbance combined with plenty of low level moisture to generate showers and thunderstorms over central New Mexico. Four people in a diversion channel were swept away by fast moving water, resulting in one death.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 187611. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.