Oct 5, 2017
An upper level low pressure system developed over the Great Basin during the first week of October and delivered another round of widespread showers and thunderstorms to New Mexico. This weather pattern was similar to the pattern that impacted the area with severe storms and flooding at the end of September. Saturated soils over much of central and eastern New Mexico from late September exacerbated the flash flood potential. The first round of heavy rainfall impacted eastern New Mexico on the 3r
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 718037). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Chaves County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.