Jul 30, 2017
A very moist back door cold front that entered northeastern New Mexico late on the 29th provided a reinforcing surge of low level moisture through the 30th. This front also acted as a focus mechanism for a couple strong to severe thunderstorms across parts of eastern New Mexico. Slow-moving showers and thunderstorms with torrential rainfall produced numerous reports of minor flooding. Some of the more significant storms impacted the area along the Sandia Mountains where pea to nickel size hail a
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 705520). 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.