New Mexico, 2025

Flash Flood in New Mexico, August 24, 2025

August 24, 2025 · NWS ABQ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Higher monsoon moisture moved across northern New Mexico on August 24th. This resulted in a better coverage of shower and thunderstorm activity across the northern mountains.

Where it happened

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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 ABQ wrote it up.

Higher monsoon moisture moved across northern New Mexico on August 24th. This resulted in a better coverage of shower and thunderstorm activity across the northern mountains. Slow moving thunderstorms in the Jemez Mountains resulted in some flash flooding and washed out roads near State Route 4 and 126.

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:28 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Sandoval

When
August 24, 4:30 PM MST to 6:00 PM MST
Where
Sandoval County, 7.46 mi NNE of Jemez Spgs to 8.29 mi NNE of Jemez Spgs
Cause
Heavy Rain
Reported by
Emergency Manager
Coordinates
35.870, -106.640

Heavy rainfall from low moving thunderstorms washed-out Obsidian and Juniper Roads near State Highway 4 and 126.

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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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: 1279829.