924 first-hand accounts of flood events in New Mexico, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
An extremely deep upper low was moving into the Four Corners region while a back door cold front moved into the region bringing record low temperatures to the Borderland.
Read the full account →An extremely deep upper low was moving into the Four Corners region while a back door cold front moved into the region bringing record low temperatures to the Borderland.
Read the full account →Continued above normal moisture coupled with slow moving thunderstorms resulted in a few flash floods across western New Mexico during the afternoon and evening hours.
Read the full account →A second supercell prowled the Mexican border between Hachita and Columbus, forcing the closure of Highway 9 along this stretch due to flash flooding. Cars were stalled and a Ford F150 pickup was washed off the road.
Read the full account →A severe thunderstorm dropped more than 2 inches of rain on much of Deming along with damaging winds and large hail. Widespread major street flooding occurred and some yards on the far north side of town were partially washed out.
Read the full account →An area of low pressure was over New Mexico and helped to bring lift and monsoonal moisture into Southeast New Mexico and West Texas. Along with abundant moisture and lift, instability was also in place.
Read the full account →An area of low pressure was over New Mexico and helped to bring lift and monsoonal moisture into Southeast New Mexico and West Texas. Along with abundant moisture and lift, instability was also in place.
Read the full account →An area of low pressure was over New Mexico and helped to bring lift and monsoonal moisture into Southeast New Mexico and West Texas. Along with abundant moisture and lift, instability was also in place.
Read the full account →An area of low pressure was over New Mexico and helped to bring lift and monsoonal moisture into Southeast New Mexico and West Texas. Along with abundant moisture and lift, instability was also in place.
Read the full account →An area of low pressure was over New Mexico and helped to bring lift and monsoonal moisture into Southeast New Mexico and West Texas. Along with abundant moisture and lift, instability was also in place.
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 weak back door front pushed in from the east as a strong upper low moved into the Upper Midwest. Good shear and instability across southern New Mexico allowed numerous storms to become severe with wind gusts over 80 mph and hail up to golf ball size.
Read the full account →The first significant surge of monsoon moisture of the 2018 season generated numerous showers and thunderstorms with locally heavy rainfall across New Mexico.
Read the full account →The first significant surge of monsoon moisture of the 2018 season generated numerous showers and thunderstorms with locally heavy rainfall across New Mexico.
Read the full account →The first significant surge of monsoon moisture of the 2018 season generated numerous showers and thunderstorms with locally heavy rainfall across New Mexico.
Read the full account →A moist and unstable atmosphere in place across New Mexico produced scattered showers and thunderstorms across the state on July 31st. High pressure centered over eastern Arizona allowed steering flow to push storms southward from the higher terrain of northern New Mexico into…
Read the full account →A back door cold front that shifted southwest through eastern New Mexico on the 25th provided a reinforcing blast of low level moisture for the Rio Grande Valley on the 26th.
Read the full account →A back door cold front that surged southwest across New Mexico recharged low level moisture westward into the Rio Grande Valley. A dry slot rounding the northern periphery of the upper level high center over eastern Arizona forced much drier air into the northwest corner of the…
Read the full account →Near record levels of moisture across New Mexico along with weak steering flow and strong afternoon heating led to the development of showers and thunderstorms with locally heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →Near record levels of moisture across New Mexico along with weak steering flow and strong afternoon heating led to the development of showers and thunderstorms with locally heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →Abundant moisture in place across New Mexico with weak steering flow provided the necessary ingredients for locally heavy rainfall. A thunderstorm that drifted south across the Ute Park burn scar resulted in flash flooding along U.S. Highway 64 between Ute Park and Cimarron.
Read the full account →An unseasonably strong upper level high pressure center that plagued New Mexico with record heat and a significant decrease in the coverage of showers and thunderstorms drifted west toward eastern Arizona on the 23rd.
Read the full account →The center of upper level high pressure shifted farther west into Arizona on August 9th and allowed weaker steering flow to become more north to south across New Mexico.
Read the full account →The center of upper level high pressure drifted into New Mexico on August 2nd and led to very slow-moving thunderstorms with torrential rainfall. The area around the Sangre de Cristo Mountains was the hardest hit with flooding.
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