Flash Flood, Los Alamos
- When
- July 16, 12:15 PM MST to 1:00 PM MST
- Where
- Los Alamos County, Los Alamos
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.869, -106.307 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in New Mexico, July 16, 2000
Heavy rain over sections of the Cerro Grande burned area produced heavy mud and debris flow that swept through Garcia Canyon passing from Los Alamos County east into Rio Arriba County and reaching to the Rio Grande River in Santa Fe County.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- 3
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 over sections of the Cerro Grande burned area produced heavy mud and debris flow that swept through Garcia Canyon passing from Los Alamos County east into Rio Arriba County and reaching to the Rio Grande River in Santa Fe County.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Rio Arriba
- When
- July 16, 12:40 PM MST to 2:00 PM MST
- Where
- Rio Arriba County, Santa Clara Pueblo
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.510, -106.693 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Santa Fe
- When
- July 16, 1:30 PM MST to 2:30 PM MST
- Where
- Santa Fe County, San Ildefonso Pueblo
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.507, -105.976 (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
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- Heat in Louisiana, July 16, 2000
- Heat in Louisiana, July 16, 2000
- Hail in North Carolina, July 16, 2000
- Hail in North Carolina, July 16, 2000
- Flash Flood in Vermont, July 16 to 17, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Vermont, July 16 to 17, 2000
- Hail in North Carolina, July 16, 2000
- Flash Flood in Vermont, July 16 to 17, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, July 16, 2000
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Florida, July 16, 2000
- Flash Flood in Vermont, July 16 to 17, 2000
More
Every storm in New Mexico in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, July 2000
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: 5165338, 5165339, 5165340.