Aug 26, 2024
A plume of monsoonal moisture flowed northward into New Mexico on August 26th, providing ample fuel for afternoon showers and storms to develop along the Sacramento Mountains and Ruidoso. Storms producing locally heavy rainfall developed and moved over the recent burn scars in and around Ruidoso, producing burn scar flash flooding along the Rio Ruidoso and portions of the South Fork burn scar.||Key Impacts: burn scar flash flooding.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1199149). 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.