Flash Flood in Catron County, New Mexico

Flash Flood July 15, 2013 · Catron County, New Mexico

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Flooding occurred in Hail Canyon along Forest Road 141 on the northern periphery of the Whitewater-Baldy burn scar. Rainfall amounts ranging from 0.25 - 0.75 were reported across the entirety of the burn scar. Pictures showed significant amounts of large rocks and sediment were deposited on this road. Crews had to plow road before it was passable.

The wider storm

An unseasonably strong upper level low pressure system moved westward into portions of eastern New Mexico. Substantial atmospheric moisture paired with the destabilization from the incoming low produced slow-moving showers and thunderstorms with locally heavy rainfall. During the early afternoon, storms developed on the northern periphery of the Whitewater-Baldy burn scar in Catron County causing flooding in Hail Canyon along Forest Road 141.

Began near Negrito Arpt (33.5305, -108.6009).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 453861. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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