Aug 2, 2024
Daytime heating combining with high moisture content underneath the monsoon high resulted in slow moving shower and thunderstorm activity each and every day first across the mountains ranges in the afternoon before spreading to surrounding lower elevations during the evening and early overnight hours. Some thunderstorms resulted in burn scar flash flooding on the South Fork burn scar just west of Ruidoso on June 2nd, and from the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon burn scar on August 3rd.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1189342). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Lincoln County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.