Aug 7, 2008
A cold front moved through northeast New Mexico early on the 7th with a fresh supply of low level moisture. This led to an extensive area of showers and thunderstorms over the northeast, with a couple of the storms dumping heavy rain and producing flash flooding in near Amistad in Union County.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 111835). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Union County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.