924 first-hand accounts of flood events in New Mexico, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
An upper level low pressure system nearly stationary over the Four Corners and an upper high level pressure system over the lower Mississippi River Valley generated a deep tap of very rich moisture across central and eastern New Mexico.
Read the full account →The upper level trough responsible for severe weather across the area on the 14th continued to impact New Mexico through the 15th. Abundant moisture and instability associated with southeasterly upslope flow and strong upper level dynamics generated an extended period of severe…
Read the full account →A broad area of high pressure was located through the central part of the country with easterly winds tapping low level moisture from the Gulf of Mexico. Upper level moisture was tapped from an upper low moving out of the Baja region.
Read the full account →A broad area of high pressure was located through the central part of the country with easterly winds tapping low level moisture from the Gulf of Mexico. Upper level moisture was tapped from an upper low moving out of the Baja region.
Read the full account →A broad area of high pressure was located through the central part of the country with easterly winds tapping low level moisture from the Gulf of Mexico. Upper level moisture was tapped from an upper low moving out of the Baja region.
Read the full account →A broad area of high pressure was located through the central part of the country with easterly winds tapping low level moisture from the Gulf of Mexico. Upper level moisture was tapped from an upper low moving out of the Baja region.
Read the full account →An unseasonably strong upper level low pressure system continued churning nearly stationary over New Mexico and produced a second day of severe storms and flooding.
Read the full account →An unseasonably strong upper level low pressure system continued churning nearly stationary over New Mexico and produced a second day of severe storms and flooding.
Read the full account →An unseasonably strong upper level low pressure system continued churning nearly stationary over New Mexico and produced a second day of severe storms and flooding.
Read the full account →An upper low was digging into southern California with a surface low located over northwest Chihuahua. Southeast winds east of the surface low brought low level gulf moisture into the region with southwest winds aloft helping to produce ample shear for severe thunderstorms with…
Read the full account →Monsoonal moisture was responsible for a thunderstorm with heavy rain west of Santa Fe, which resulted in water flowing out of an arroyo at a height of two feet. Lightning from a thunderstorm in Rio Rancho struck and killed a 26 year old man.
Read the full account →Slow-moving and heavy rain-producing thunderstorms developed across northern Chaves and Roosevelt County during the early morning hours. The heaviest rain fell east of Rogers and north of Causey.
Read the full account →An intense, slow-moving thunderstorm developed over the northeast heights during the afternoon of July 17th and produced a flash flood in the area along Academy Road. Streets turned to rivers across the area as a localized two inches of rain fell.
Read the full account →An otherwise benign day for showers and thunderstorms across New Mexico was interrupted by a very impressive stationary thunderstorm east of Arabela. Rainfall estimates of almost 6 inches occurred just east of highway 368.
Read the full account →A slow-moving thunderstorm that developed near the higher terrain southeast of Gallup moved slowly westward and produced torrential rainfall along state road 602. Images captured by NMDOT showed the highway completely flooded out with significant erosion to the nearby arroyo.
Read the full account →There was a weak upper trough across the western part of the country, and a cold front was pushing through southeast New Mexico. Plentiful moisture, lift, and instability, were across the area.
Read the full account →A strong upper level disturbance combined with a strengthening low level jet over eastern New Mexico generated numerous strong to severe thunderstorms across the plains during the late evening hours of the 22nd into the morning of the 23rd.
Read the full account →A strong easterly push of low level moisture over eastern New Mexico interacted with an upper level trough ejecting out of the southern Rockies to produce numerous showers and thunderstorms over the eastern plains.
Read the full account →A strong upper level disturbance combined with a strengthening low level jet over eastern New Mexico generated numerous strong to severe thunderstorms across the plains during the late evening hours of the 22nd into the morning of the 23rd.
Read the full account →Strong southeast low level flow over the region forced abundant moisture all the way westward through the Rio Grande Valley and onto the Continental Divide.
Read the full account →Strong southeast low level flow over the region forced abundant moisture all the way westward through the Rio Grande Valley and onto the Continental Divide.
Read the full account →A strong upper level disturbance combined with a strengthening low level jet over eastern New Mexico generated numerous strong to severe thunderstorms across the plains during the late evening hours of the 22nd into the morning of the 23rd.
Read the full account →A strong upper level disturbance combined with a strengthening low level jet over eastern New Mexico generated numerous strong to severe thunderstorms across the plains during the late evening hours of the 22nd into the morning of the 23rd.
Read the full account →A strong upper level disturbance combined with a strengthening low level jet over eastern New Mexico generated numerous strong to severe thunderstorms across the plains during the late evening hours of the 22nd into the morning of the 23rd.
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