924 first-hand accounts of flood events in New Mexico, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Northwest flow rounding the northeastern periphery of an upper high over AZ combined with abundant low-level moisture over the high plains of eastern NM to produce severe weather along and east of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains on July 21st and 22nd.
Read the full account →An upper-level low off the coast of California helped funnel in subtropical moisture into the state resulting in the development of widespread showers and storms across central and eastern New Mexico June 5th and 6th.
Read the full account →A surface low was setup over New Mexico with a weak easterly wave moving through the Borderland similar to a setup from August 1st, 2006. Deep moisture was in place around the area and storms were slow moving which allowed for very heavy rain to occur.
Read the full account →Another active monsoon day was in store for northern and central New Mexico on August 9, 2022. As is typical, thunderstorms first developed over the high terrain areas before becoming more widespread as the day progressed.
Read the full account →The monsoon high slid east of NM over TX bringing monsoon moisture northward into NM. Slow steering flow coupled with moisture allowed for two more days of burn scar flash flooding on the complex of burn scars in and around Ruidoso.
Read the full account →The center of upper level high pressure shifted west into southwest New Mexico the first few days of August 2017. This allowed stronger northwest flow aloft to develop over eastern New Mexico with very moist and unstable southeast low level flow.
Read the full account →The upper-level high pressure system was located over the Great Basin area on August 16, 2022, while a backdoor front moved into eastern New Mexico before stalling along the east slopes of the central mountain chain.
Read the full account →An easterly wave was located just south of El Paso, Texas on August 17, 2022. Associated with this wave was an above normal amount of moisture that produced persistent shower activity across southern New Mexico.
Read the full account →With an area of high pressure centered to the east of New Mexico, the monsoonal moisture plume was oriented southwest to northeast across the state on July 7, 2022. Meanwhile, drier air filtering in from the west effectively shut down convection in this area.
Read the full account →As a backdoor cold front moved into eastern New Mexico, it replinished moisture and provided favorable upslope to allow for more rigorous thunderstorms on July 11, 2022.
Read the full account →As a backdoor cold front moved into eastern New Mexico, it replinished moisture and provided favorable upslope to allow for more rigorous thunderstorms on July 11, 2022.
Read the full account →An active moonsoon pattern continued across New Mexico on July 25, 2022, as a steady stream of moisture stayed in place over western and central New Mexico.
Read the full account →With above normal amounts of atmospheric moisture and an easterly wave still in the area, the active monsoon pattern continued for portions of New Mexico on July 26, 2022.
Read the full account →Moisture values continued to be on the rise across northern and central New Mexico on July 20, 2022, and this led to a very active monsoon day for the area. Scattered to numerous thunderstorms were common across much of the area, particularly across the mountainous terrain.
Read the full account →A new multi-day plume of monsoon moisture advected northward into New Mexico between an upper level trough over the southern Baja Peninsula and an upper high over the south-central CONUS.
Read the full account →An easterly wave that had been in place over southern New Mexico and Arizona all week finally tracked over New Mexico on August 20, 2022. As it did so, it brought an above normal amount of precipitation as precipitable water amounts rose to near record values.
Read the full account →It was a typical monsoon day across northern and central New Mexico on July 23, 2022, as an abundant amount of moisture led to scattered to numerous thunderstorms.
Read the full account →It was a typical monsoon day across northern and central New Mexico on July 23, 2022, as an abundant amount of moisture led to scattered to numerous thunderstorms.
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 →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 →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.
Read the full account →An area of high pressure remained centered over the Four Corners while a slow-moving low pressure system tracked westward across southern New Mexico on July 22, 2021.
Read the full account →July 26, 2021 was yet another active monsoon day across northern and central New Mexico. With an area of high pressure over northern Colorado, moist southeasterly flow continued across much of New Mexico which resulted in another round of numerous afternoon thunderstorms.
Read the full account →A backdoor cold front tracked south and west through New Mexico early on May 28, 2021, which reinforced low-level moisture across much of eastern and central portions of the state.
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