New Mexico, 1997Flash Flooding in New Mexico, June 26 to 27, 1997
June 26 to 27, 1997 · NWS MAF · 2 events in 1 county or zone
2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Flash Flood, Eddy
- When
- June 26, 11:00 PM MST to June 27, 3:00 AM MST
- Where
- Eddy County, 14 mi W of Carlsbad
- Coordinates
- 32.472, -104.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy rains west of Carlsbad started arroyos running that covered State Highway 137. Several water crossings were 2 feet deep with running water.
Flash Flood, Eddy
- When
- June 27, 1:00 AM MST to 2:30 AM MST
- Where
- Eddy County, 1 mi W of Lakewood
- Coordinates
- 32.472, -104.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
State Highway 381 flooded west of Lakewood at the northern branch of the Seven Rivers Arroyo crossing.
- 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.
- Dense Fog in Colorado, June 26, 19971 death · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Maryland, June 26, 19975 injured · $1.0 million · 1 event
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 26, 1997$505,000 · 8 events
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Virginia, June 26, 1997$314,000 · 75 kt wind · 7 events
- Tornado and Hail in New York, June 26, 19977 injured · F0 · 10 events
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 26, 1997$100,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, June 26, 1997$80,000 · 54 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 26, 1997$40,000 · 52 kt wind · 14 events
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 26, 1997$50,000 · 1 event
- Hail in Florida, June 26, 1997$50,000 · 1.5 in hail · 1 event
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, June 26, 1997$33,000 · 2 events
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 26, 1997$28,000 · 4 events
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: 5611608, 5611609.