Prolonged, Intense Heat Wave; Excessive Rainfall in the Southern Rockies; Severe Weather in the Central US

Extremely dangerous heat will persist from the Midwest to the East Coast into late this week. Monsoonal moisture may produce excessive rain and considerable flash flooding and debris flows, especially near recent burn scar areas in New Mexico and west Texas. Severe storms are possible this evening from the southern/central Plains into the Great Lakes, and the northern/central Plains Tuesday. Read More >

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Last Map Update: Mon, Jun 23, 2025 at 10:30:08 pm MDT

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A Flood Watch is in effect for locations along and east of the Rio Grande for today through Wednesday evening. There is a good chance that we will see heavy rains of 1 to 3 inches over the next several days, which could lead to flash flooding, especially locations in and near recent burn scars.

Here is the updated rainfall forecast starting Today and lasting through Thursday evening. There will be a focus of heaviest rainfall over the Sacramento Mtns as well as along and east of the Rio Grande.

WPC's Excessive Rainfall Outlooks for Monday through Thursday.

Rain chances peak Tuesday and Wednesday after being favored in eastern areas Sunday and Monday.

Trout Fire Information:
The National Weather Service’s primary role with the Trout Fire is to provide direct support to the incident command team. We have a meteorologist on-site at the Incident Operations Center in Silver City. Their forecasts help keep firefighters safe and help determine firefighting strategy and operations.

Local Emergency Management is the authoritative resource for the latest information on evacuations:
https://grantcountynm.gov/ or https://www.facebook.com/GrantCountyNM

Inciweb is a multiagency clearinghouse for fire information, including Daily Operational Update videos, fire maps, community meeting notices, etc.

The Gila National Forest is also posting frequent updates on social media.

The EPA and state agencies monitor air quality and issue alerts. Air Quality data can be found at: https://fire.airnow.gov/.

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