Jul 15, 2018
Near record levels of moisture across New Mexico along with weak steering flow and strong afternoon heating led to the development of showers and thunderstorms with locally heavy rainfall. The first thunderstorms of the day developed around the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and resulted in flash flooding on the Ute Park burn scar. Heavy rainfall around Church Rock led to more flooding along State Road 566. The focus for flash flooding shifted into the late evening hours of the 15th when heavy thund
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 758474). 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.