Flash Flood, Colfax
- When
- April 30, 11:00 AM MST to 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Colfax County, 2 mi S of Cimarron
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.606, -104.647 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in New Mexico, April 30, 1999
Heavy rain developed along the east slopes of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains over western Colfax and Mora Counties. The Cimarron River came close to overflowing its banks in Cimarron while Highway 21 to the Philmont Scout Ranch Headquarters was closed for about 6 hours by high water.
Where it happened
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- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $200,000
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS ABQ wrote it up.
Heavy rain developed along the east slopes of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains over western Colfax and Mora Counties. The Cimarron River came close to overflowing its banks in Cimarron while Highway 21 to the Philmont Scout Ranch Headquarters was closed for about 6 hours by high water. Rural roads and small private bridges and culverts between Mora and Gascon were washed out.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Mora
- When
- April 30, 11:00 AM MST to 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- Mora County, Mora
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.010, -104.945 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, April 30, 1999
- Flooding in Colorado, April 30, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, April 30, 1999
- Tornado and Flash Flood in New Mexico, April 30, 1999
- Flash Flooding in New Mexico, April 30, 1999
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 30, 1999
- Drought in Massachusetts, April 30, 1999
- High Wind in Alaska, April 30, 1999
- Waterspout in Florida, April 30, 1999
- Wildfire in New Jersey, April 30, 1999
- Hail in Texas, April 30, 1999
- Strong Wind in North Carolina, April 30, 1999
More
Every storm in New Mexico in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, April 1999
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: 5695662, 5695768.