Aug 1, 2025
The monsoon high was centered across southeast Arizona and southwest New Mexico on August 1st and 2nd. Northwest flow around the upper high circulation along with embedded disturbances in this flow resulted in the development of showers and thunderstorms across parts of central and eastern New Mexico during the afternoon and evening hours. Thunderstorms resulted in some flash flooding on and downstream of the Ruidoso burn scars and in Lincoln on August 1st and on and downstream of the Salt burn
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1269663). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Guadalupe County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.