Flash Flood in Luna County, New Mexico

Flash Flood August 4, 2014 · Luna County, New Mexico

$15K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Two homes along Highway 11 were evacuated due to inundation with at least one inaccessible overnight. Water crossed Highway 11 near mile marker 10 where one car got stuck. The first few arroyos along Highway 9 west of Columbus flooded due to runoff from heavy rain over the Tres Hermanas Mountains. Total rainfall just north of Columbus was 2.97 inches.

The wider storm

A weak upper level trough was moving through Arizona with a weak ridge over the front range of the Rockies. At the surface, a bit of a dryline was located near the Rio Grande Valley providing some low level convergence for storms to develop. Residual moisture from heavy rains earlier in the week contributed to the locally heavy rain that developed around the Columbus area.

Began near Columbus (31.9526, -107.7429).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 538829. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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