Jul 27, 2014
After a brief break from heavy rainfall across the state, yet another strong and very moist back door frontal boundary sagged southwest into New Mexico. The upper level high pressure center was generally over far southeast New Mexico allowing for moist southerly flow in the mid and upper levels of the atmosphere to impact the area as well. Slow-moving thunderstorms produced torrential rainfall across many areas during the early to mid afternoon hours, including Santa Fe, Rio Rancho, and Albuqu
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 525535). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Sandoval County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.