© (Shari Vialpando-Hill/Las Cruces Sun-News)An arroyo that runs underneath Dunn Drive on the East Mesa in Las Cruces, N.M. flows with heavy rainwater Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013 after a severe thunderstorm hit Dona Ana County and surrounding areas over night and through the early morning.
The Artesia Fire Department has cobbled together a fleet of boats and helicopters to rescue people from a Lakewood RV park and a small neighborhood.
The department is using half a dozen boats and two helicopters. A Blackhawk helicopter is on the way.
South of Lakewood, a cargo train has gotten stuck. The crew has remained on board until help arrives.
Totals from the National Weather Service are striking, with Eddy County being the hardest hit in the state. More than 5.5 inches have fallen in Queen, and nearly three inches have fallen in parts of Carlsbad since Sept. 11.
The service has also issued a flood warning for De Baca and Chaves Counties until 3:15 p.m.
Those areas are getting four inches and more of rain.
Albuquerque also saw record-breaking rain on Thursday. The Albuquerque International Sunport got .53 inches of rain by 12:45 p.m. on Thursday, breaking a more-than-70-year-old record for the day.
Here's a breakdown, per the National Weather Service, of some notable rainfall totals:
- Sumner Lake got 8.0 inches as of 11:45 a.m. this morning.
- The village of Tijeras has received 2.93 inches of rain as of 9 this morning.
- The area of Indian School and Morris in Albuquerque got 1.3 inches as of 12 p.m.
- Glenwood in Catron County got 1.58 inches as of 7:48 a.m.
- Melrose in Curry County got 5.18 inches as of 6:55 this morning.
- Bonito Lake in Lincoln County got 4.22 inches as of 10:55 a.m.
- Farmington got more than 2.2 inches as of yesterday morning.
- Las Vegas, N.M., got more than 3.2 inches as of 9:15 a.m.
- Socorro got more than 4 inches as of 9:15 this morning.
(Thanks to William Sellers for this link)
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