Aug 14, 2019
A very moist and unstable airmass in place along the Front Range of the Rockies on August 13, 2019 set the stage for an active night of severe weather over northeastern New Mexico through the morning hours of August 14, 2019. A large complex of showers and thunderstorms first developed over eastern Colorado before shifting southward down the eastern plains of New Mexico. The strongest storms impacted the area from near Clayton southward to Nara Visa where hail, high winds, frequent lightning, an
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 836958). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Roosevelt County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.