New Mexico, 2000

Flash Flood in New Mexico, August 9, 2000

August 9, 2000 · NWS ABQ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$20,000
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.

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 96 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:29 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Lincoln

When
August 9, 12:30 PM MST to 2:30 PM MST
Where
Lincoln County, Ruidoso Downs
Property damage
$20,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
33.745, -105.459 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Peat gravel from new road construction clogged culverts and filled a small retention pond during heavy runoff from a storm that yield about 3 inches of rain in 2 hours. Water then overflowed from the streets into a residential area flowing across lawns and underneath trailer homes. Damage was limited to skirting that was ripped from several homes and an empty propane tank floating away.

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.

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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: 5156128.