Weather Alerts For Algodones, NM

# SUMMARY -------------------- THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 696 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN NEW MEXICO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 21 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO BERNALILLO LINCOLN SOCORRO TORRANCE VALENCIA IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO DE BACA GUADALUPE IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO LOS ALAMOS RIO ARRIBA SANDOVAL SANTA FE TAOS IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO COLFAX HARDING MORA SAN MIGUEL IN NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO SAN JUAN IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO CHAVES IN WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO CATRON CIBOLA MCKINLEY THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALBUQUERQUE, ALTO, BANDELIER NATIONAL MONUMENT, BELEN, BITTER LAKE WILDLIFE REFUGE, BONITO LAKE, BOSQUE DEL APACHE, BOSQUE FARMS, CHAMA, CHICOSA LAKE STATE PARK, CLINES CORNERS, CONCHAS, CROWNPOINT, DATIL, DULCE, ESPANOLA, ESTANCIA, FARMINGTON, FORT SUMNER, GALLUP, GRAN QUIVIRA, GRANTS, LAS VEGAS, LOS ALAMOS, LOS LUNAS, MCINTOSH, MEADOW LAKE, MIDWAY, MILLS, MORA, MORIARTY, MOUNTAINAIR, NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY, QUESTA, RANCHOS DE TAOS, RATON, RESERVE, RIO COMMUNITIES, RIO RANCHO, ROSEBUD, ROSWELL, ROY, RUIDOSO, SANTA FE, SANTA ROSA, SOCORRO, SUGARITE, TAOS, TAOS PUEBLO, VALENCIA, WAGON MOUND, WHITE ROCK, YATES, YESO, AND ZUNI PUEBLO. # DETAILS -------------------- ISSUED AT Friday, October 23, 2026 at 12:53 PM MDT ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM HEADER WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCH 696

Closest strike: 24.37 miles Monitor Storms You are not at immediate risk, but frequently check WeatherBug to see if storms are moving towards you. Be aware that new storms can also form with little notice.

There is a Slight Severe Storm Risk for your location. Continue reading for today's outlook from the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center. -------------------- National Severe Storm Outlook THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING FOR CENTRAL NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS SUMMARY Severe thunderstorms with large hail, damaging gusts and an isolated tornado are possible across portions of New Mexico, southern Colorado, and far west Texas today into tonight. NM and far west TX this afternoon into early tonight An initial shortwave trough will continue to eject north-northeastward over WY as an upstream wave evolves into a new closed low over the lower CO River Valley. A surface cyclone will develop from eastern MT into MB in advance of the lead shortwave trough, with a trailing baroclinic zone across CO/northwest NM and central AZ. A moisture plume persists along and southeast of the baroclinic zone, with the most favorable moisture profiles for thunderstorm development expected this afternoon/evening across NM. Forcing for ascent will be relatively weak across NM this afternoon, so surface heating and terrain influences will drive widely scattered thunderstorm development by early-mid afternoon as temperatures warm into the 60s and 70s (depending on elevation). Observed boundary-layer dewpoints in the low-mid 50s and the warming temperatures will contribute to MLCAPE in the 1000-1500 J/kg with minimal convective inhibition. Long, straight hodographs will persist beneath a belt of enhanced mid-upper flow and will favor supercells this afternoon in NM, with some potential for growth into small clusters/line segments. Large hail and occasional severe outflow gusts are expected to be the primary threats, though an isolated tornado may also occur. The severe threat will peak late afternoon and diminish by early tonight.