924 first-hand accounts of flood events in New Mexico, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A stationary upper level low pressure system that settled into the Great Basin around the 10th provided a steady stream of near record subtropical atmospheric moisture over New Mexico.
Read the full account →A stationary upper level low pressure system that settled into the Great Basin around the 10th provided a steady stream of near record subtropical atmospheric moisture over New Mexico.
Read the full account →A weak upper level jet axis focused directly over central New Mexico interacted with abundant low level moisture entrenched over the region to produce scattered strong to severe thunderstorms.
Read the full account →A stationary upper level low pressure system that settled into the Great Basin around the 10th provided a steady stream of near record subtropical atmospheric moisture over New Mexico.
Read the full account →Strong and slow moving thunderstorms produced heavy rains of 2 to 3 inches in less than an hour across southern Sandoval County. A bridge of large culverts over Las Huertas Creek was washed out stranding residents in Placitas.
Read the full account →A backdoor cold front pushed across the state from the northeast corner through the gaps of the central mountain chain and continued westward to the Arizona border.
Read the full account →A weak stationary boundary over far northeast New Mexico produced thunderstorms with heavy rain and large hail. Half dollar size hail was reported from one severe storm in Folsom and another storm over the Capulin National Monument.
Read the full account →There was an upper ridge over the region, and a north-south oriented surface trough was along the Texas-New Mexico border. Intense heating, upslope winds along the higher terrain, and good low to mid-level moisture contributed to thunderstorms developing in the Guadalupe…
Read the full account →A potent back door cold front that shifted west across eastern New Mexico early on the 8th plowed through the Rio Grande Valley and became stationary along the Continental Divide.
Read the full account →Abundant moisture in place over the area on deep southeasterly flow interacted with a strong upper level low pressure system that dropped south out of Colorado. The richest atmospheric moisture available for the entire summer period was present over the area.
Read the full account →A stationary upper level low pressure system that settled into the Great Basin around the 10th provided a steady stream of near record subtropical atmospheric moisture over New Mexico.
Read the full account →A stationary upper level low pressure system that settled into the Great Basin around the 10th provided a steady stream of near record subtropical atmospheric moisture over New Mexico.
Read the full account →Abundant moisture in place over the area on deep southeasterly flow interacted with a strong upper level low pressure system that dropped south out of Colorado. The richest atmospheric moisture available for the entire summer period was present over the area.
Read the full account →Abundant moisture in place over the area on deep southeasterly flow interacted with a strong upper level low pressure system that dropped south out of Colorado. The richest atmospheric moisture available for the entire summer period was present over the area.
Read the full account →Runoff from heavy rains swept off the mesa west of town and flooded a number of homes in western Belen. Ponding problems then developed across the central areas fo the city as heavy rain of about 2 inches in an hour moved east to filled downtown area streets 10 to 15 inches…
Read the full account →An upper level high centered over New Mexico continued to dominate the weather pattern. Ample moisture in place provided for a 'recycle' mode pattern.
Read the full account →Isolated thunderstorms developed just north of the Whitewater-Baldy burn scar during the early afternoon and within an hour, isolated strong thunderstorms were directly over the burn scar that caused flooding in local creeks.
Read the full account →Isolated thunderstorms developed just north of the Whitewater-Baldy burn scar during the early afternoon and within an hour, isolated strong thunderstorms were directly over the burn scar that caused flooding in local creeks.
Read the full account →A deeply saturated atmosphere and weak steering flow over New Mexico set the stage for slow-moving heavy thunderstorms with torrential rainfall. Rainfall rates approached 2 inches per hour in some areas.
Read the full account →A stationary upper level low pressure system that settled into the Great Basin around the 10th provided a steady stream of near record subtropical atmospheric moisture over New Mexico.
Read the full account →A stationary upper level low pressure system that settled into the Great Basin around the 10th provided a steady stream of near record subtropical atmospheric moisture over New Mexico.
Read the full account →A stationary upper level low pressure system that settled into the Great Basin around the 10th provided a steady stream of near record subtropical atmospheric moisture over New Mexico.
Read the full account →A surface cold front sagged southward into eastern New Mexico on July 8th and set the stage for a battleground of showers and thunderstorms. Northwest flow aloft combined with deep low-level moisture behind the front and a very unstable atmosphere to produce several strong to…
Read the full account →A stationary upper level low pressure system that settled into the Great Basin around the 10th provided a steady stream of near record subtropical atmospheric moisture over New Mexico.
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