New Mexico, 1999

Flash Flooding in New Mexico, June 21, 1999

June 21, 1999 · NWS ABQ · 2 events in 1 county or zone

2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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.

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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.

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 157 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:01 UTC.

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Event by event

2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Chaves

When
June 21, 8:00 PM MST to 9:00 PM MST
Where
Chaves County, Hagerman
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
33.363, -104.467 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High water from the Rio Felix covered roads near Hagerman.

Flash Flood, Chaves

When
June 21, 9:40 PM MST to 10:40 PM MST
Where
Chaves County, Lake Arthur
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
33.363, -104.467 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Three feet of water closed low water crossings along Walnut Creek west of Lake Arthur.

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

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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: 5702876, 5702877.