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Flash Flood — Cibola, NM

Jul 31, 2022

Monsoon season got off to an early start, and that momentum continued throughout the entire month of July with yet another very busy and active day on July 31, 2022. Per usual, thunderstorms developed early in the day across the high terrain areas before becoming more widespread throughout the evening. Many of these thunderstorms were capable of producing heavy rain which resulted in flash flooding reports across the area. The Calf Canyon burn scar was hit again with flash flooding and debris fl

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1034419). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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