A negatively tilted trough was moving through southern California and northern Baja which tapped plenty of subtropical moisture. Locally heavy rain developed along the east slopes of the Blacks Range and brought flash flooding and wind damage to the Monticello area.
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A negatively tilted trough was moving through southern California and northern Baja which tapped plenty of subtropical moisture. Locally heavy rain developed along the east slopes of the Blacks Range and brought flash flooding and wind damage to the Monticello area.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS El Paso, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 27, 9:28 PM MST, 47 minutes earlier.
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</html>The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 131 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:17 UTC.
1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Social media video showed evidence of mud flows and damage from flash flooding near the town of Monticello.
Social media report showed snapped power poles around Monticello as well as a damaged barn.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 2025Every state in 2025This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, September 2025
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1295087, 1295089.