Flash Flood, Santa Fe
- When
- August 8, 3:20 PM MST
- Where
- Santa Fe County, 5 mi W of Edgewood
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.507, -105.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in New Mexico, August 8, 1999
Heavy rains caused numerous road closures between Tijeras and Edgewood.
Where it happened
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.
- 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
- 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 rains caused numerous road closures between Tijeras and Edgewood.
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:21 UTC.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Bernalillo
- When
- August 8, 3:20 PM MST to 4:20 PM MST
- Where
- Bernalillo County, Tijeras
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.051, -106.670 (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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in New York, August 8, 1999
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, August 8, 1999
- Heat and Lightning Strike in Georgia, August 8, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Georgia, August 8, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Arkansas, August 8, 1999
- Hail in North Dakota, August 8, 1999
- Hail in North Dakota, August 8, 1999
- Flooding in Missouri, August 8 to 11, 1999
- Hail in Montana, August 8, 1999
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 8, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, August 8, 1999
- Funnel Cloud in New Mexico, August 8, 1999
More
Every storm in New Mexico in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, August 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: 5719293, 5719294.