Jul 26, 2020
The richest plume of monsoon moisture of the entire season set up over New Mexico on the weekend of July 25-26, 2020. The center of upper level high pressure drifted west into the state from west Texas while a weak upper level disturbance moved slowly north from eastern Arizona. The combination of several days of heavy rainfall with widespread showers and thunderstorms set the stage for flash flooding across the region. Rainfall amounts over the 48-hour period averaged three to five inches in th
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 898157). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Socorro County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.