Flash Flood — De Baca, New Mexico

2017-09-25 · near Taiban, De Baca, New Mexico

Event narrative

State highway 294 closed due to flash flooding between mile markers 0 and 15.

Wider weather episode

A potent upper level storm system over the western United States continued to pump abundant moisture and instability northward into the New Mexico. Another large area of heavy rain with embedded thunderstorms surged northward over the eastern plains during the early morning hours of the 25th, resulting in saturated soils across much of the area. The next round of showers and thunderstorms that developed by the mid to late afternoon hours dumped torrential rainfall over Chaves, De Baca, Curry, Roosevelt, and Quay counties through the night. A powerful storm that moved through the Fort Sumner area produced flash flooding and several inches of small hail. Numerous road closures were reported. A strong storm that moved through the Portales area produced penny size hail and rainfall amounts near four inches.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 717813. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.