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Flash Flood — Roosevelt, NM

Aug 29, 2025

Monsoon Moisture across central and eastern New Mexico along with a backdoor front entering northeast NM resulted in the development of scattered shower and thunderstorm activity across these portions of the state. A slow moving thunderstorm resulted in flash flooding on State Highway 76 near Chimayo. Severe thunderstorms resulted in damaging wind gusts of up to 70 mph across Union and Harding County. Finally, mid to late evening thunderstorms resulted in some flash flooding at Bear Canyon near

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1279828). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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