Flash Flood, Sierra
- When
- June 26, 5:45 PM MST to 8:15 PM MST
- Where
- Sierra County, Truth Or Consequences
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 33.131, -107.192 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood and Hail in New Mexico, June 26, 2000
A cluster of thunderstorms brought quarter size hail and widespread flooding to Truth or Consequences. Several roads were barricaded and a grocery store was flooded.
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
- $10,000
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS EPZ wrote it up.
A cluster of thunderstorms brought quarter size hail and widespread flooding to Truth or Consequences. Several roads were barricaded and a grocery store was flooded. One to four inches of rainfall was estimated in and around the town.
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:10 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Sierra
- When
- June 26, 6:12 PM MST
- Where
- Sierra County, Truth Or Consequences
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 33.050, -107.167
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Heat in Mississippi, June 26, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 26, 2000
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Virginia, June 26, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 26, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, June 26, 2000
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 26, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 26, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 26, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 26, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 26, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 26, 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: 5152882, 5152881.