Flash Flood in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico

Flash Flood August 15, 2006 · Rio Arriba County, New Mexico

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

A 47 year old male passenger drowned when a small vehicle was swept off State Road 75 just east of Dixon. Other cars had stopped when they saw the water running across the roadway. The driver of the small vehicle drove around stopped vehicles into the fast water. The small car stalled at about the halfway point and was swept downstream into the arroyo. The passenger was unable to escape with the driver.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5529869. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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