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Flash Flood — McKinley, NM

Jul 25, 2019

Abundant moisture combined with strong afternoon heating beneath an upper level high over southwestern New Mexico to produce numerous showers and thunderstorms with heavy rainfall on July 25, 2019. Storms first developed over the northern and western high terrain during the early afternoon hours before moving southward into nearby highlands and valleys through the afternoon. Rainfall rates of two inches per hour were common with several of these storms, resulting in many reports of minor floodin

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 830034). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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