924 first-hand accounts of flood events in New Mexico, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Strong to severe thunderstorms moved slowly over portions of northern and eastern New Mexico during the afternoon and evening of the 1st. The strongest of these storms rolled through the Santa Rosa area, dropping quarter size hail and producing damaging wind gusts up to 60 mph…
Read the full account →Strong to severe thunderstorms moved slowly over portions of northern and eastern New Mexico during the afternoon and evening of the 1st. The strongest of these storms rolled through the Santa Rosa area, dropping quarter size hail and producing damaging wind gusts up to 60 mph…
Read the full account →There was a cold front near the Pecos River on the eleventh which provided a source of convergence and lift. This front shifted north over the central and northern Permian Basin as well as southeast New Mexico that night. The atmosphere was very moist and unstable.
Read the full account →An upper level disturbance was moving over the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles. A cold front associated with this disturbance was moving toward the area with a surface trough present ahead of the front.
Read the full account →After a brief break from heavy rainfall across the state, yet another strong and very moist back door frontal boundary sagged southwest into New Mexico.
Read the full account →While the overall coverage of showers and thunderstorms began to diminish on the 17th, the storms that did manage to develop were strong to severe. A storm that impacted the area around Black Lake produced penny sized hail that covered the ground.
Read the full account →An active and persistent pattern maintained a heightened threat for flash flooding across much of the state. An upper level high was centered over portions of northern New Mexico and southern Colorado.
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 →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 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 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 strong upper level low pressure area over western Arizona moved slowly eastward. This feature increased upper level lift over West Texas and southeast New Mexico.
Read the full account →An upper level jet that oriented southwest to northeast over New Mexico interacted with deep moisture and surface heating to produce scattered strong to severe thunderstorms.
Read the full account →The low pressure system responsible for an extended stretch of active weather across New Mexico finally ejected through the state on the 21st. The last bout delivered an impressive batch of widespread heavy rainfall and scattered strong to severe thunderstorms.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Narda was in the eastern Pacific near the west coast of Mexico. This storm provided southeast New Mexico with a rich supply of moisture, and there was lift over the region.
Read the full account →The first day of flash flooding over the Las Conchas burn scar was widespread as weak upper level disturbances rounded the west side of the upper high. Early in the afternoon, showers and thunderstorms developed over the central and northern portions of the burn scar.
Read the full account →Just after midnight on the morning of the 16th, a line of strong storms crossed south eastward across Interstate 40 near Santa Rosa. This storm produced two lightning strikes that hit a rest area and gas station causing power failures.
Read the full account →After a brief break from heavy rainfall across the state, yet another strong and very moist back door frontal boundary sagged southwest into New Mexico.
Read the full account →An upper level high centered over the Four Corners gradually shifted east during the morning hours. This allowed monsoonal moisture to come up from the south and southwest.
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