Jul 4, 2021
A plume of monsoon moisture extended across the region and thunderstorms were ongoing in the morning of the 4th due to an Mesoscale Convective Vortex (MCV) moving southeast from the northeast Texas Panhandle into western Oklahoma. An upper level short wave moving south through western Kansas along with a surface trough across northeast New Mexico into the western Oklahoma Panhandle helped to spark additional showers and thunderstorms in the northwest during the afternoon hours. Thunderstorms, s
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 973363). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Dallam County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.