Aug 3, 2013
A weak back door frontal boundary pushed southwest and stalled over the northeast plains of New Mexico. This boundary interacted with abundant moisture and instability over the area to produce numerous showers and thunderstorms. Some of these thunderstorms were strong to severe with torrential rainfall and hail. Heavy rainfall over a large portion of northern Colfax and Union counties drained through Dry Cimarron Creek and produced a near historical rise on the Cimarron River at Kenton, Oklahom
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 458554). 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.