New Mexico, 2024Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, July 21, 2024
July 21, 2024 · NWS EPZ · 2 events in 2 counties and zones
Modest moisture remained across the region with an upper level disturbance moving through northerly flow aloft. This disturbance triggered a severe thunderstorm east of Deming and some flash flooding around the Truth or Consequences area.
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- 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.
Modest moisture remained across the region with an upper level disturbance moving through northerly flow aloft. This disturbance triggered a severe thunderstorm east of Deming and some flash flooding around the Truth or Consequences area.
Thunderstorm Wind, Luna
- When
- July 21, 7:43 PM MST to 7:45 PM MST
- Where
- Luna County, 3.47 mi WNW of Akela
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 32.260, -107.458
A peak gust of 60 mph was recorded at the Akela Union Pacific Mesonet site.
Flash Flood, Sierra
- When
- July 21, 8:54 PM MST to 10:00 PM MST
- Where
- Sierra County, 2.78 mi S of Williamsburg to 2.94 mi SSW of (Tcs)truth/Consqnces
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 33.110, -107.305
Sierra County dispatch reported flooding across Truth or Consequences, Elephant Butte and Williamsburg.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- 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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- Wildfire and Damaging Winds in California, July 21 to 26, 2024$10 million · 5 events
- Dust Storm and Damaging Winds in Arizona, July 21, 2024$124,000 · 52 kt wind · 15 events
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in California, July 21 to 24, 2024$77,000 · 68 kt wind · 13 events
- Flash Flood and Hail in Kentucky, July 21, 2024$85,000 · 1 in hail · 4 events
- Excessive Heat in California, July 21 to 26, 202424 events
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Texas, July 21 to 23, 2024$24,000 · 65 kt wind · 4 events
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Arizona, July 21, 2024$20,000 · 55 kt wind · 4 events
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Arizona, July 21, 202458 kt wind · 6 events
- Flash Flood and High Wind in Nevada, July 21, 202469 kt wind · 5 events
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 21, 202452 kt wind · 5 events
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 21, 2024$3,000 · 4 events
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: 1202023, 1202024.