Flash Flood, Lea
- When
- June 1, 11:00 PM MST to June 2, 3:00 AM MST
- Where
- Lea County, East Portion
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.792, -103.412 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in New Mexico, June 1 to 2, 2000
The combination of a weak cold front sagging into the area, tropical moisture in place across southeast New Mexico and the Texas Permian Basin, and weak wind fields in the mid and upper levels of the atmosphere led to the development of slow moving thunderstorms that produced heavy rains and floodings across eastern portions of Lea County New Mexico. The community of Knowles reported flooding at…
Where it happened
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- 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
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
The combination of a weak cold front sagging into the area, tropical moisture in place across southeast New Mexico and the Texas Permian Basin, and weak wind fields in the mid and upper levels of the atmosphere led to the development of slow moving thunderstorms that produced heavy rains and floodings across eastern portions of Lea County New Mexico. The community of Knowles reported flooding at 2320 MST.
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 149 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:58 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Wisconsin, June 1, 2000
- Drought in Georgia, June 1 to 30, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, June 1, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Texas, June 1, 2000
- Rip Current in California, June 1, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Wisconsin, June 1, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 1, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 1, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 1, 2000
- Flooding in North Dakota, June 1 to 30, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, June 1, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 1, 2000
More
Every storm in New Mexico in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, June 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: 5154024.