Flood — Luna, New Mexico

2020-09-09 · near Deming, Luna, New Mexico

Event narrative

Up to four feet of water was on roadways near Overhill Drive, just north of Deming. Some cars were trapped due to the high water.

Wider weather episode

An extremely deep upper low was moving into the Four Corners region while a back door cold front moved into the region bringing record low temperatures to the Borderland. Southwest flow aloft combined with the cold front to bring severe thunderstorms on the afternoon and early evening of the 8th while prolonged lift over the stalled front around Luna county brought flooding rains during the first half of the day on the 9th.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 920707. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.