924 first-hand accounts of flood events in New Mexico, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Upper level high pressure centered over southeastern New Mexico and the Permian Basin allowed for the first widespread surge of monsoon moisture to shift north into central and western New Mexico.
Read the full account →A very moist back door cold front that entered northeastern New Mexico late on the 29th provided a reinforcing surge of low level moisture through the 30th. This front also acted as a focus mechanism for a couple strong to severe thunderstorms across parts of eastern New Mexico.
Read the full account →A very moist back door cold front that entered northeastern New Mexico late on the 29th provided a reinforcing surge of low level moisture through the 30th. This front also acted as a focus mechanism for a couple strong to severe thunderstorms across parts of eastern New Mexico.
Read the full account →A very moist back door cold front that entered northeastern New Mexico late on the 29th provided a reinforcing surge of low level moisture through the 30th. This front also acted as a focus mechanism for a couple strong to severe thunderstorms across parts of eastern New Mexico.
Read the full account →Abundant moisture and instability in place over New Mexico on the final day of July 2017 resulted in more flash flashing. Several days of heavy rainfall set the stage for saturated soils and rapid runoff.
Read the full account →Abundant moisture and instability in place over New Mexico on the final day of July 2017 resulted in more flash flashing. Several days of heavy rainfall set the stage for saturated soils and rapid runoff.
Read the full account →Abundant moisture and instability in place over New Mexico on the final day of July 2017 resulted in more flash flashing. Several days of heavy rainfall set the stage for saturated soils and rapid runoff.
Read the full account →A cutoff low was moving through the Baja region with a 90 knot jet approaching the region from the southwest. Low level east to southeast winds were bringing up decent moisture for January.
Read the full account →A subtropical wave lifted north from Mexico and stalled out over the northwest corner of New Mexico on the 22nd. This allowed an extended fetch of abundant atmospheric moisture to surge north across central and eastern New Mexico.
Read the full account →A widespread surge of deep monsoon moisture continued to shift northward over New Mexico toward the end of July. Slow-moving showers and thunderstorms developed over the high terrain during the late morning hours then pushed into nearby highlands and valleys through the…
Read the full account →Abundant moisture and instability in place over New Mexico on the final day of July 2017 resulted in more flash flashing. Several days of heavy rainfall set the stage for saturated soils and rapid runoff.
Read the full account →A cold front moved through northeast New Mexico early on the 7th with a fresh supply of low level moisture. This led to an extensive area of showers and thunderstorms over the northeast, with a couple of the storms dumping heavy rain and producing flash flooding in near Amistad…
Read the full account →Training storms developed over the east slopes of the Sacramento Mountains as modest moisture remained in place with a disturbance moving through north-northeast flow aloft.
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 →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 →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 →A stationary, marginally severe storm, dropped over a foot of hail across Johnson Mesa, approximately 16 miles east of Raton. Many travelers through the area claimed that it had looked like it had snowed.
Read the full account →A deep easterly flow started to bring better moisture into the region with storms developing over the Organ Mountains. Recent heavy rain over the east slopes of the Organ Mountains resulted in flash flooding and additional rain from this storm caused additional mud slides…
Read the full account →An upper level low pressure was to the west of the region which aided in atmospheric lift over Southeast New Mexico. Convergence was also over the area which allowed for more lift. An abundance of moisture was in place.
Read the full account →An upper level low pressure was to the west of the region which aided in atmospheric lift over Southeast New Mexico. Convergence was also over the area which allowed for more lift. An abundance of moisture was in place.
Read the full account →An upper level low pressure was to the west of the region which aided in atmospheric lift over Southeast New Mexico. Convergence was also over the area which allowed for more lift. An abundance of moisture was in place.
Read the full account →A continued very moist pattern remained across the Borderland and brought a third day of heavy rain to the La Union area which over the course of 3 days received over 7 inches of rainfall.
Read the full account →A continued very moist pattern remained across the Borderland and brought a third day of heavy rain to the La Union area which over the course of 3 days received over 7 inches of rainfall.
Read the full account →An upper ridge was over the Four Corners region and an upper trough was strengthening over the eastern part of the country. A cold front that was associated with the upper trough was moving through West Texas and southeast New Mexico.
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