May 15, 2021
Surface southeasterly flow continued over eastern New Mexico which trended moisture upward across the area. With another day of warming temperatures and an unstable atmosphere, strong to severe thunderstorms once again impacted the eastern plains of New Mexico on May 15, 2021. By early afternoon, thunderstorms developed along the northern and southern high terrain of New Mexico. As they tracked eastward onto lower elevations, they moved into a more unstable and sheared environment where they qui
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 949529). 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.