Aug 7, 2016
Abundant moisture and strong afternoon heating resulted in another round of numerous showers and thunderstorms with localized torrential rainfall. Atmospheric winds were favorable for back-building thunderstorms to produce repeated rounds of torrential rainfall around the high terrain. Several thunderstorms ended up producing rainfall rates over 2 inches per hour. The heaviest rainfall occurred within Guaje Canyon near Los Alamos, to the west of Sapello within the Sapello River basin, around Mex
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 643384). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in McKinley County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.