924 first-hand accounts of flood events in New Mexico, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed over the higher terrain during the early afternoon before drifting into nearby highlands and valleys through the early evening hours.
Read the full account →The center of upper level high pressure that was centered over the Permian Basin for several days drifted west into southern New Mexico on the 18th.
Read the full account →An area of upper level high pressure that was centered over New Mexico for several days finally drifted east into Texas on June 13th and allowed moist, southeasterly flow to increase over the area.
Read the full account →A deep fetch of moisture surged north and west into New Mexico on May 21, 2018 ahead of an upper level low pressure system approaching from Arizona.
Read the full account →For a third day in a row, and potentially the most widespread, severe weather impacted eastern New Mexico on May 23, 2018 as a strong dry line shifted east across the high plains.
Read the full account →Several days of heavy rain continued across southwest New Mexico as a slow moving mid and upper level trough helped produce widespread rain across the region with nearly 5 inches of rain reported near White Sands.
Read the full account →Several days of heavy rain continued across southwest New Mexico as a slow moving mid and upper level trough helped produce widespread rain across the region with nearly 5 inches of rain reported near White Sands.
Read the full account →Several days of heavy rain continued across southwest New Mexico as a slow moving mid and upper level trough helped produce widespread rain across the region with nearly 5 inches of rain reported near White Sands.
Read the full account →Abundant monsoon moisture in place over New Mexico with strong afternoon heating set the stage for 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 southeast across the Ute Park burn scar resulted in flash flooding along U.S. Highway 64 between Ute Park and Cimarron.
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 →An upper level closed low, a shortwave trough, and a low level southeasterly moisture fetch all converged over southeastern 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 →Strong warm air advection developed across western New Mexico late on the 21st into the early morning hours of the 22nd. This caused snow to turn to rain, and more than 2 inches of rain fell across the Gila Wilderness.
Read the full account →Deep subtropical moisture continued to stream north into western and|central New Mexico, helping fuel thunderstorm development that produced heavy rain in many locations.
Read the full account →Heavy rain fell for the second day in a row around the Mayhill area causing a highway to be closed as monsoon moisture remained in place trapped under an upper level high.
Read the full account →The upper level high center shifted well south and east of New Mexico by the 13th and forced stronger westerly flow aloft over the region. The combination of abundant low level moisture in place over eastern New Mexico along with a weak frontal boundary sagging into the area…
Read the full account →A potent upper level low pressure system over Arizona continued inching closer to New Mexico through the 8th. Strong upper level forcing spreading over the region along with high temperatures in the 90s led to abundant instability across eastern New Mexico.
Read the full account →The potent upper low pressure system responsible for severe thunderstorms and flooding over eastern New Mexico between the 22nd and 25th began lifting slowly northeast into the central Rockies on the 26th and 27th.
Read the full account →Several consecutive days of light to moderate rainfall over the steep terrain around Red River, New Mexico led to the second mudslide of the season along state road 38.
Read the full account →The potent upper low pressure system responsible for severe thunderstorms and flooding over eastern New Mexico between the 22nd and 25th began lifting slowly northeast into the central Rockies on the 26th and 27th.
Read the full account →The potent upper low pressure system responsible for severe thunderstorms and flooding over eastern New Mexico between the 22nd and 25th began lifting slowly northeast into the central Rockies on the 26th and 27th.
Read the full account →The potent upper low pressure system responsible for severe thunderstorms and flooding over eastern New Mexico between the 22nd and 25th began lifting slowly northeast into the central Rockies on the 26th and 27th.
Read the full account →The potent upper low pressure system responsible for severe thunderstorms and flooding over eastern New Mexico between the 22nd and 25th began lifting slowly northeast into the central Rockies on the 26th and 27th.
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