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Flash Flood — Bernalillo, New Mexico
September 9, 2009 · NOAA Storm Events record
Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
$1K
Area
Bernalillo
Event narrative (NOAA)
Four people in the North Diversion Channel under Interstate 25 at Montgomery Blvd. were swept downstream by swift moving water from a nearby thunderstorm that was producing heavy rain. Three men were able to pull themselves out of the Channel, but a fourth male, Brandon Clifford Jordan, was found dead the next day in the Channel at 2nd street and Alameda.
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.