New Mexico, 2025

Flash Flood in New Mexico, September 5, 2025

September 5, 2025 · NWS ABQ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A surge in monsoon moisture from the remnants of Hurricane Lorena in the eastern Pacific combined with disturbances embedded in the northwest flow aloft resulting in a higher coverage of showers and thunderstorms across northern and central NM. Thunderstorms during the evening hours on September 5th resulted in flash flooding across the Pojoaque Pueblo between Santa Fe and Espanola.

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.

A surge in monsoon moisture from the remnants of Hurricane Lorena in the eastern Pacific combined with disturbances embedded in the northwest flow aloft resulting in a higher coverage of showers and thunderstorms across northern and central NM. Thunderstorms during the evening hours on September 5th resulted in flash flooding across the Pojoaque Pueblo between Santa Fe and Espanola.

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 107 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:30 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Santa Fe

When
September 5, 5:30 PM MST to 7:30 PM MST
Where
Santa Fe County, 3.09 mi ESE of San Ildefonso Pueblo to 0.94 mi WSW of Pojoaque
Cause
Heavy Rain
Reported by
Emergency Manager
Coordinates
35.891, -106.076

Heavy rainfall from thunderstorms resulted in Dry Creek Road to County Road 84 near the Rio Pojoaque to become impassable due to water over the roadways. Additionally, the intersection at the end of NM 502 and Cities of Gold Road in Pojoaque became impassible due to 4 feet of water over the roadways.

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1281272.