New Mexico, 2024

Flash 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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The toll

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS EPZ wrote it up.

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.

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:44 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

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.

What these are

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.

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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: 1202023, 1202024.