924 first-hand accounts of flood events in New Mexico, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Abundant monsoonal moisture continued to be pulled northward into New Mexico on August 28th and 29th. This resulted in showers and thunderstorms producing locally heavy rainfall developing over the recent burn scars by Ruidoso.
Read the full account →Abundant monsoonal moisture continued to be pulled northward into New Mexico on August 28th and 29th. This resulted in showers and thunderstorms producing locally heavy rainfall developing over the recent burn scars by Ruidoso.
Read the full account →A backdoor front pushed through northern and eastern NM during the morning of August 8th, settling along the east slopes of the central mountain chain. This front replenished monsoon moisture across this part of the state.
Read the full account →A surface convergence boundary was draped across east central NM during the evening hours of May 29th. High moisture was in place east of the boundary.
Read the full account →An upper low over the Great Basin progressed east towards Colorado during the day Saturday. At the surface, a backdoor front pushed as far west as the Continental Divide with higher surface moisture across the Upper and Middle Rio Grande Valley and eastern New Mexico east of the…
Read the full account →A disturbance embedded within upper level ridging along with higher surface moisture moving westward from Texas resulted in the development of thunderstorms in far northeast NM during the early afternoon hours.
Read the full account →An anomalously strong upper low from the west over AZ resulted in shower activity across western NM on October 18th resulting in some high wind gusts across parts of western and central NM.
Read the full account →An anomalously strong upper low from the west over AZ resulted in shower activity across western NM on October 18th resulting in some high wind gusts across parts of western and central NM.
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 →Showers and thunderstorms developed along the dryline across northeast and east central New Mexico around midday Thursday May 30th. A few storms became severe near the Texas state line in Union, Harding, and Quay Counties with one storm producing quarter size hail in Logan.
Read the full account →Heavy rain occurring over the course of two days fell along the eastern slopes of the Sacramento Mountains in south-central NM, estimated to have totaled three to six inches from local reports.
Read the full account →An anomalously strong upper low from the west over AZ resulted in shower activity across western NM on October 18th resulting in some high wind gusts across parts of western and central NM.
Read the full account →An anomalously strong upper low from the west over AZ resulted in shower activity across western NM on October 18th resulting in some high wind gusts across parts of western and central NM.
Read the full account →An anomalously strong upper low from the west over AZ resulted in shower activity across western NM on October 18th resulting in some high wind gusts across parts of western and central NM.
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 →Remains of Tropical Storm Odile were over the region. The atmosphere was very moist and there was a mid-level circulation over northern portions of the area.
Read the full account →An upper level low was over Arizona/New Mexico slowly moving eastward with upper level disturbances associated with this low moving over southeast New Mexico and West Texas.
Read the full account →The upper level pattern continued to be dominated by broad high pressure over the state. An upper level disturbance tracked eastward across central and northern New Mexico triggering showers and thunderstorms over much of the area.
Read the full account →Strong thunderstorms with heavy rainfall developed along the Continental Divide early on the 29th and pushed slowly east toward the Rio Grande Valley through the evening hours. Several strong cells produced hail over portions of the area.
Read the full account →The Rio Hondo climbed as much as 6 feet above bankfull following heavy rains over eastern Lincoln county. Amounts of 4-6 inches in 24 hours were recorded in the area from Hondo to Picacho.
Read the full account →Moist west-northwest flow over the region behind a prolonged stretch of impressively heavy rainfall set the stage for more thunderstorms with locally heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →High pressure building over the western plains sent the remnant moisture of Hurricane Odile, which had passed over the region a few days earlier, back into far west Texas and southwestern New Mexico. A weak upper trough was moving into the southwestern U.S.
Read the full account →A backdoor cold front nudged up against the central mountain chain and generated upslope flow that aided in the development of showers and thunderstorms throughout the afternoon and into the evening and overnight hours.
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