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Flash Flood — Grant, New Mexico
September 30, 2017 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
Widespread rainfall amounts of 2 inches to almost 3.5 inches occurred around Silver City in the early morning hours. A water rescue was necessary in Tyrone. One vehicle was swept away in the Pinos Altos Creek low water crossing on East 19th Street. The vehicle became wedged in culvert running under US 180, but the driver and occupant were washed downstream. One body was recovered about 0.8 miles downstream near the confluence with Silva Creek. A second body was recovered about 1.2 miles downstream in the Silver City big ditch reach of San Vicente Arroyo near the Broadway Street bridge.
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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.