Sep 25, 2017
A potent upper level storm system over the western United States continued to pump abundant moisture and instability northward into the New Mexico. Another large area of heavy rain with embedded thunderstorms surged northward over the eastern plains during the early morning hours of the 25th, resulting in saturated soils across much of the area. The next round of showers and thunderstorms that developed by the mid to late afternoon hours dumped torrential rainfall over Chaves, De Baca, Curry, Ro
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 717813). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in De Baca County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.