924 first-hand accounts of flood events in New Mexico, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
An anomalous late-season severe weather setup developed across the southern Great Plains during the start of October. A large slow-moving trough across the Four Corners combined with very rich low-level moisture to produce widespread severe weather and localized flash flooding,…
Read the full account →An anomalous late-season severe weather setup developed across the southern Great Plains during the start of October. A large slow-moving trough across the Four Corners combined with very rich low-level moisture to produce widespread severe weather and localized flash flooding,…
Read the full account →Deep moisture combined with a weak upper level disturbance allowed slow moving thunderstorms to develop across central and western New Mexico.
Read the full account →An easterly wave that had been impacting southern New Mexico all week was now located over southern Arizona on August 19, 2022. Continued moisture advection into western and southern New Mexico generated widespread showers and thunderstorms across the area by late morning on the…
Read the full account →Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms marched eastward across northern San Juan County during the afternoon of the 8th. Though the storms were moving east-northeast around 20 mph, they managed to drop significant amounts of rainfall in a short amount of time.
Read the full account →Despite the high pressure centered more over western New Mexico, an abundant amount of moisture still resided within the atmosphere. This led to scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms across much of the central and western New Mexico, some of which produced very heavy…
Read the full account →Despite the high pressure centered more over western New Mexico, an abundant amount of moisture still resided within the atmosphere. This led to scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms across much of the central and western New Mexico, some of which produced very heavy…
Read the full account →Despite the high pressure centered more over western New Mexico, an abundant amount of moisture still resided within the atmosphere. This led to scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms across much of the central and western New Mexico, some of which produced very heavy…
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 positively tilted shortwave trough lifting out of the Four Corners and a stalled cold front over the Permian Basin aided in afternoon thunderstorm development. Numerous thunderstorms formed along and north of the cold front and became an intense squall line with damaging winds.
Read the full account →A positively tilted shortwave trough lifting out of the Four Corners and a stalled cold front over the Permian Basin aided in afternoon thunderstorm development. Numerous thunderstorms formed along and north of the cold front and became an intense squall line with damaging winds.
Read the full account →Heavy rain of 2 inches in a hour produced flooding of Tijeras Arroyo in the Carnuel community between Tijeras and Albuquerque. Mud and debris damaged at least one home and washed away several corrals and goats.
Read the full account →Deep moisture remained over the eastern plains on the 21st, allowing thunderstorms to form and produce localized areas of heavy rain. A Mesoscale Convective Complex formed late on the 21st over the east central plains and drifted south during the night.
Read the full account →Despite the upper-level high pressure centered over New Mexico, it was still an active monsoon day with plenty of atmospheric moisture leading to scattered thunderstorms throughout the afternoon and evening hours of August 6, 2022.
Read the full account →A deep tap of monsoon moisture combined with a weak upper level disturbance to produce localized flash flooding and strong storms over many parts of northern and central New Mexico.
Read the full account →A very moist southerly flow was in place over the area. The atmospheric moisture content was almost twice the normal value for early July. The flow was such that thunderstorm movement was slow, subjecting locations to very heavy rainfall for long periods of time.
Read the full account →A mid-level trough extended northeastward from northern Mexico through the Permian Basin. Enhanced atmospheric lift and rich low and mid-level moisture were across West Texas and Southeast New Mexico. These conditions contributed to heavy rain.
Read the full account →Deep moisture, an upper level wave, and weak steering flow across the region allowed locally heavy rainfall to develop producing flash flooding. Torrential rainfall was reported in the Albuquerque Metro area with significant arroyo and roadway flooding.
Read the full account →A tropical airmass in place over much of the area, daytime heating, and an upper level disturbance over west Texas combined to produce scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms.
Read the full account →Abundant moisture combined with strong afternoon heating beneath an upper level high over southwestern New Mexico to produce numerous showers and thunderstorms with heavy rainfall on July 25, 2019.
Read the full account →Abundant moisture combined with strong afternoon heating beneath an upper level high over southwestern New Mexico to produce numerous showers and thunderstorms with heavy rainfall on July 25, 2019.
Read the full account →A back door cold front shifting southwest through northeastern New Mexico interacted with abundant moisture and instability beneath an upper level high to generate slow-moving showers and thunderstorms with heavy rainfall on July 28, 2019.
Read the full account →An active spring weather pattern brought another round of severe thunderstorms to eastern New Mexico on June 17, 2019. A weak upper level wave moving slowly east through the region combined with deep atmospheric moisture and strong instability to produce scattered showers and…
Read the full account →Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed over the Sangre de Cristo Mountains during the early afternoon of August 7, 2019. This activity moved slowly east along the U.S. Highway 64 corridor near Ute Park, resulting in flash flooding on the Ute Park burn scar.
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