Jun 28, 2009
After a back door cold front ushered in higher moisture all the way to the Arizona border, showers and thunderstorms developed across much of the western and southwest mountains across to the Sacramento Mountains. Socorro county was one of the hardest hit areas. Slow moving storms dropped over 2 inches of rain in a short amount of time around the San Antonio area. The Bosque RAWS site reported a total of 2.43 inches of rain. Slow moving thunderstorms also dropped heavy rains near Milan. The
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 168236). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Socorro County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.