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Flood — Valencia, NM

Sep 10, 2013

A stationary upper level low pressure system that settled into the Great Basin around the 10th provided a steady stream of near record subtropical atmospheric moisture over New Mexico. At least 4 back-to-back upper level disturbances pushed north and east across the region and interacted with the monsoon moisture plume through the 14th to produce widespread historic rainfall amounts. Significant flooding impacted the state as rainfall amounts over this 5-day period averaged 3 to 6 inches and i

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 468662). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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