Drought — Central Tularosa Basin, New Mexico

2021-08-01 to 2021-08-24 · Central Tularosa Basin, New Mexico

Event narrative

The entire zone started out in Severe(D2) drought, but on August 24th, the entire zone was placed into Moderate(D1) drought conditions.

Wider weather episode

Some areas east of the Organ to San Andres Mountains saw improvement to Moderate(D1) or better drought conditions on August 24th.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 980777. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.