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Prolonged, Intense Heat Wave; Excessive Rainfall in the Southern Rockies and Central Plains into the Upper Midwest

Extremely dangerous heat persists through Thursday with widespread daily temperature records. Monsoonal moisture continues to bring heavy rain and flash flooding to New Mexico and west Texas through Thursday, especially in the burn scar areas. Thunderstorms and heavy to excessive rain will continue to bring a flash flood threat from the Central Plains into the Upper Midwest. Read More >

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Last Map Update: Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 11:56:15 pm MDT

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A Flood Watch is in effect 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 from Tuesday morning through Thursday afternoon. There will be a focus of heaviest rainfall over south-central New Mexico.
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/.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN

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