Flash Flood, San Juan
- When
- August 26, 6:05 PM MST
- Where
- San Juan County, Carson
- Coordinates
- 36.509, -108.321 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy rain flooded rural roads and Highway 44 near Carson.
Flash Flood in New Mexico, August 26, 1997
1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Tornado and High Wind in Washington, August 26, 1997
- High Wind in Washington, August 26, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Washington, August 26, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Arizona, August 26, 1997
- Hail in South Dakota, August 26, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 26, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 26, 1997
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 26, 1997
- Hail in Colorado, August 26, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 26, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, August 26, 1997
- Hail in New York, August 26, 1997
More
Every storm in New Mexico in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, August 1997
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: 5616763.