924 first-hand accounts of flood events in New Mexico, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A series of slow-moving thunderstorms pushed southeast across the Thompson Ridge burn scar during the early to mid afternoon hours. Heavy rainfall overwhelmed several creeks in the area producing flash flooding along the western periphery of the burn scar.
Read the full account →The remnants of Hurricane Dolly moved northwestward into far west Texas, moving directly over west El Paso, then curved north and northeastward into Otero County New Mexico. Moisture from this system spread over most of southern New Mexico and lingered another 36 hours.
Read the full account →South to southeast flow at the surface combined with weak southerly flow aloft ahead of a west coast trough brought plenty of moisture into the Borderland with slow storm motion.
Read the full account →South to southeast flow at the surface combined with weak southerly flow aloft ahead of a west coast trough brought plenty of moisture into the Borderland with slow storm motion.
Read the full account →A surge in monsoon moisture from the remnants of Hurricane Lorena in the eastern Pacific combined with disturbances embedded in the northwest flow aloft resulting in a higher coverage of showers and thunderstorms across northern and central NM.
Read the full account →A favorable placement of the monsoon high over NM and then shifting to the west allowed for an influx of moisture and instability over the state of NM.
Read the full account →A favorable placement of the monsoon high over NM and then shifting to the west allowed for an influx of moisture and instability over the state of NM.
Read the full account →A favorable placement of the monsoon high over NM and then shifting to the west allowed for an influx of moisture and instability over the state of NM.
Read the full account →A powerful early autumn storm system over the Great Basin spread strong winds and deep moisture across much of north and central New Mexico beginning early on October 11th.
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 →Sufficient lift ahead of an upper low over California and Arizona and Gulf moisture ahead of the dryline across eastern New Mexico allowed widespread showers and storms to initiate around midday.
Read the full account →Sufficient lift ahead of an upper low over California and Arizona and Gulf moisture ahead of the dryline across eastern New Mexico allowed widespread showers and storms to initiate around midday.
Read the full account →A stalled boundary combined with abundant moisture and instability led to quick thunderstorm development across northeast New Mexico on the 28th. Rainfall rates exceeding two inches per hour were reported.
Read the full account →High pressure aloft became centered over Missouri with weaker centers present over parts of eastern New Mexico. This pattern maintained a persistent south to north steering component within a deep monsoonal moisture plume over the state.
Read the full account →It was another day of severe weather, caused by a broad trough over the western United States with a dryline near the higher elevations of West Texas and Southeast New Mexico. Numerous splitting supercells impacted portions of the Trans Pecos into Southeast New Mexico.
Read the full account →A thunderstorm moving north along the west slope of the Sandia mountains produced a brief funnel cloud over Kirkland Airforce Base. The storm intensified over eastern Albuquerque dropping dime size hail and 1 to 2 inches of rain.
Read the full account →The monsoon high shifted east of New Mexico on August 12th resulting in a traditional monsoon setup over the state. Storms developed over the Sacramento Mountains midday August 12th producing heavy rainfall over the South Fork and Salt Fire burn scars.
Read the full account →The remnants of Hurricane Dolly moved northwestward into far west Texas, moving directly over west El Paso, then curved north and northeastward into Otero County New Mexico. Moisture from this system spread over most of southern New Mexico and lingered another 36 hours.
Read the full account →A strong upper high over the southeast US and a trough approaching the west coast streamed deep moisture into the Borderland with a low level surface trough located through far west Texas into eastern New Mexico.
Read the full account →A series of slow moving and heavy rain storms moved north over east central New Mexico with 6 hour rainfall of 3 to 6 inches. Severe street and road flooding was reported from Portales north to Clovis during mid-afternoon as drains remained full.
Read the full account →An upper ridge was over northern Mexico, and abundant moisture was over the area from southeast low level winds. A surface boundary was present across the Permian Basin with upper level disturbances passing nearby which provided lift.
Read the full account →An upper level high pressure system centered over eastern Colorado to southwest Nebraska resulted in a persistent easterly steering flow over much of the state.
Read the full account →The monsoon high slid east of NM over TX bringing monsoon moisture northward into NM. Slow steering flow coupled with moisture allowed for two more days of burn scar flash flooding on the complex of burn scars in and around Ruidoso.
Read the full account →The same heavy precipitation supercell that brought extensive hail damage and a small tornado to the Las Cruces area also dumped more than 2 inches of rain within 30 minutes on the far west section of the city.
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