924 first-hand accounts of flood events in New Mexico, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A stationary boundary (and associated surface convergence), coupled with upslope flow, led to the development of severe thunderstorms during the afternoon of June 10th as a shortwave approached Southeast New Mexico and West Texas.
Read the full account →An intense thunderstorm complex that developed southeast of the Farmington area shortly before 7 pm MST moved northwest into the Four Corners region through 9 pm MST.
Read the full account →Heavy rain estimated at 2 to 3 inches swept over Ruidoso producing heavy runoff into Gavilan, Eagle and Paradise Canyons which swept south filling these normally dry arroyos to near record water levels.
Read the full account →A weak upper level disturbance rounded the western periphery of the upper level high centered over northeast New Mexico. This disturbance aided in the development of numerous showers and thunderstorms across the state.
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 →Thunderstorms developed over the central portion of the 2022 Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon burn scar in the early afternoon of May 31st. One of these storms produced heavy rain over upper portions of the Gallinas and Sapello Rivers.
Read the full account →Despite a relative downtick in monsoon moisture over the weekend, slow storm motions of thunderstorms developing near or directly over the Ruidoso area burn scars resulted in flash flooding on June 26th and 28th.
Read the full account →A large cluster of thunderstorms dropped 3 to 5 inches of rain on much of the triangle between Las Cruces, Hatch and Deming, which is an unusually large area for such rainfall amounts in the desert southwest.
Read the full account →A weak back door frontal boundary pushed southwest and stalled over the northeast plains of New Mexico. This boundary interacted with abundant moisture and instability over the area to produce numerous showers and 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 →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 →Plentiful moisture came in from the Pacific Ocean across southeast New Mexico and far West Texas, and this moisture was limited further east due to a mid-level ridge that was approaching the Southern Plains.
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 →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 →An unseasonably strong upper level jet combined with sufficient low level moisture and instability to produce several areas of strong to severe thunderstorms over central and western New Mexico.
Read the full account →A large cluster of thunderstorms dropped 3 to 5 inches of rain on much of the triangle between Las Cruces, Hatch and Deming, which is an unusually large area for such rainfall amounts in the desert southwest.
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 weak upper level trough was moving through Arizona with a weak ridge over the front range of the Rockies. At the surface, a bit of a dryline was located near the Rio Grande Valley providing some low level convergence for storms to develop.
Read the full account →Return flow developed during the day on November 1st increasing surface moisture across southeast NM. Lift ahead of a weak upper level disturbance resulted in the development of showers and thunderstorms after sunset November 1st continuing into the morning hours of November…
Read the full account →Return flow developed during the day on November 1st increasing surface moisture across southeast NM. Lift ahead of a weak upper level disturbance resulted in the development of showers and thunderstorms after sunset November 1st continuing into the morning hours of November…
Read the full account →A backdoor front behind an upper level disturbance over the upper Midwest moved into far northeast NM the morning of July 7th. Additionally, a remnant outflow boundary was draped across far east central NM and west Texas.
Read the full account →A backdoor front behind an upper level disturbance over the upper Midwest moved into far northeast NM the morning of July 7th. Additionally, a remnant outflow boundary was draped across far east central NM and west Texas.
Read the full account →The monsoon high over northern Arizona on July 19th continued backing west to over the Great Basin July 20th and 21st in response to upper level troughing over the central U.S. The upper level trough over the central U.S.
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