Flash Flood, Eddy
- When
- June 15, 10:20 PM MST to June 16, 1:00 AM MST
- Where
- Eddy County, Lakewood
- Coordinates
- 32.472, -104.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in New Mexico, June 15 to 16, 1996
Thunderstorms dumping heavy rain caused flooding near Lakewood. Up to four feet of water was rushing across Highway 381.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
Thunderstorms dumping heavy rain caused flooding near Lakewood. Up to four feet of water was rushing across Highway 381.
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 183 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:21 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, June 15, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 15, 1996
- Flood in Nebraska, June 15, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 15, 1996
- Flood in Nebraska, June 15, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 15, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 15, 1996
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 15, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Georgia, June 15, 1996
- Hail in North Carolina, June 15, 1996
- Hail in South Carolina, June 15, 1996
- Flood in Puerto Rico, June 15, 1996
More
Every storm in New Mexico in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, June 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5576679.