Flash Flood — Santa Fe, New Mexico

2014-09-22 · near (saf)santa Fe Muni Airport, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Event narrative

Local news station reporting that the body of a 58 year old man was found in the Santa Fe River after heavy rainfall and flash flooding. Reports say that he may have been sleeping in or near the river and drowned when he was swept away from rushing waters.

Wider weather episode

An upper level impulse moving very slowly northeast over New Mexico after multiple days of heavy rainfall produced areas of flash flooding yet again. A wave of heavy rainfall early in the day over Chaves County produced flash flooding along U.S. 285 north of Roswell. The most serious flash flooding occurred later in the day around Santa Fe as a slow-moving thunderstorm dropped more than 2 inches of rainfall. A 50-year-old man in the Santa Fe River was washed away and drowned by flood waters late in the evening of the 22nd.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 537287. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.