Sep 16, 2023
A complex of showers and thunderstorms developed across eastern New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle during the afternoon of September 15th. This merged into a mesoscale convective complex that moved southeast through much of southeast New Mexico and the Permian Basin resulting in strong to severe wind gusts and flash flooding for these areas during the early morning of September 16th.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1139708). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Mitchell County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.