Flash Flood in Bernalillo County, New Mexico

Flash Flood September 22, 2010 · Bernalillo County, New Mexico

Death

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

A 27-year old man was swept away by fast flowing water in the I-40 Channel. The man was walking in the arroyo with his brother near I-40 and Louisiana, when a rush of water swept the man off his feet. The man traveled west to the North Diversion Channel, then north to the Rio Grande River. He was found dead along a sand bar in the Rio Grande River three days later near Coors Bypass. He traveled a total distance of 13 miles. His brother made it out alive, without injury.

The wider storm

A sharp trough of low pressure from the west combined with remnant moisture from tropical storm Georgette produced heavy rain over much of New Mexico. Areas around Gladstone in Union County were the hardest hit. Three feet of water inundated one house and rapidly flowing water carried a car 1/4 mile away from the residence.

Began near Carnuel (35.0725, -106.5006).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 252947. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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