New Mexico, 1998Flash Flood in New Mexico, July 16, 1998
July 16, 1998 · NWS ABQ · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $5,000
- 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.
Flash Flood, Rio Arriba
- When
- July 16, 3:30 PM MST
- Where
- Rio Arriba County, 15 mi NW of Abiquiu
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 36.510, -106.693 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash flooding along Arroyo Del Yeso filled roads with mud and clogged the bridge to Ghost Ranch with heavy debris.
- 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.
- Heat in Missouri, July 16 to 21, 19981 death · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Texas, July 16, 1998$64,000 · 3 events
- Flash Flood in New York, July 16, 1998$50,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in New York, July 16, 1998$50,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 16, 1998$50,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 16, 1998$40,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in New York, July 16, 1998$30,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Vermont, July 16, 1998$15,000 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 16, 1998$15,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Vermont, July 16, 1998$15,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 16, 1998$12,000 · 70 kt wind · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, July 16, 19981 in hail · 3 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: 5661901.