Weather Alerts For Questa, 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

There is a Marginal 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. 20z Update Latest HRRR/RRFS TLE guidance suggests that a locally more favorable corridor for left-split supercells may manifest across portions of central/east-central NM to the north of ongoing convective development along the Sacramento Mountains. Given the risk for large to very large hail likely to accompany persistent, left-split supercells, the existing CIG1 group for hail was expanded eastward across portions of central/eastern New Mexico to capture this corridor. No other changes were made to the existing outlook with this update as the forecast remains generally on track. See the previous discussion below for additional details.