Jul 17, 2021
On the evening of the 17th of July 2021, thunderstorms formed over higher terrain in northeast New Mexico and southeast Colorado. These storms moved southeast into the combined Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles. The atmospheric instability was sufficient to support a few severe storms with large hail and damaging winds in addition to locally heavy rainfall.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 974089). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Deaf Smith County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.