Flash Flood in McKinley County, New Mexico

Flash Flood September 21, 1997 · McKinley County, New Mexico

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What the National Weather Service wrote

A 30-year man drowned while trying to cross the Hunters Point arroyo on Navajo Tribal lands southwest of Gallup. Two men and their vehicle became bogged in the arroyo. The survivor reported being hit by three waves of water and mud. The last wave separated the victim from the vehicle. His body was recovered 7 miles downstream.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5617498. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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