New Mexico, 1999Flash Flooding in New Mexico, July 31, 1999
July 31, 1999 · NWS ABQ · 2 events in 1 county or zone
2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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, Socorro
- When
- July 31, 4:45 PM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Socorro County, Escondida
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.007, -106.930 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Numerous roads including parts of County Road 91 and State Highway 408 closed by dangerously high water during heavy rain north of Socorro.
Flash Flood, Socorro
- When
- July 31, 5:40 PM MST to 6:50 PM MST
- Where
- Socorro County, Socorro
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.007, -106.930 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy rain continued to flood roads north of Socorro with at least 2 State Police vehicles trapped on high ground between flooded arroyos.
- 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.
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 31, 199916 injured · $475,000 · 55 kt wind · 16 events
- Heavy Rain in New Mexico, July 31, 19991 death · 4 injured · 1 event
- Heat in Arkansas, July 31, 19991 death · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 31, 19991 injured · $394,000 · 1.75 in hail · 25 events
- Flash Flood in Colorado, July 31, 1999$1.3 million · 1 event
- Flooding in Iowa, July 31, 1999$280,000 · 8 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 31, 1999$290,000 · 1.75 in hail · 7 events
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 31, 1999$132,000 · 57 kt wind · 20 events
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 31, 19991 injured · $100,000 · 8 events
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 31, 1999$128,000 · 3 events
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Ohio, July 31, 19991 injured · $56,000 · 50 kt wind · 7 events
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 31, 19992 injured · $44,000 · 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: 5704098, 5704099.