Jul 17, 2013
An unusual westward-moving cold core low entered New Mexico on the 16th ahead of a deep surge of Gulf moisture. Widespread rainfall developed in the Rolling Plains late on the 16th before spreading west onto the Caprock and intensifying with torrential rainfall rates measured as high as 4 inches per hour in some locales. One of these bands tracked very slowly across Plainview during the pre-dawn hours and produced over five inches of rain causing widespread street flooding and some water damage
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 453605). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Hale County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.