Weather Alerts For Watrous, NM

# HEADLINE -------------------- FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MDT SATURDAY THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT # DETAILS -------------------- WHAT Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. WHERE Portions of central, east central, north central, northeast, and southeast New Mexico, including the following areas, in central New Mexico, Central Highlands, Eastern Lincoln County, Estancia Valley, Middle Rio Grande Valley including the Albuquerque Metro Area, Sandia and Manzano Mountains including Edgewood and South Central Highlands. In east central New Mexico, De Baca County and Guadalupe County. In north central New Mexico, Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Espanola Valley, Far Northwest Highlands, Glorieta Mesa Including Glorieta Pass, Jemez Mountains, Northwest Highlands, Santa Fe Metro Area, Tusas Mountains Including Chama and Upper Rio Grande Valley. In northeast New Mexico, Eastern San Miguel County, Far Northeast Highlands, Johnson and Bartlett Mesas Including Raton Pass and Northeast Highlands. In southeast New Mexico, Chaves County Plains and Southwest Chaves County. WHEN From 6 AM MDT Saturday through late Saturday night. IMPACTS Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas. Low-water crossings may be flooded. ADDITIONAL DETAILS - Showers and thunderstorms will redevelop early Saturday and expand in coverage though the afternoon. Rainfall rates in excess of 1 inch per hour may cause flash flooding on already saturated soils. Arroyos, small streams and channels may quickly rise with water from heavy rainfall. Repeated rounds of storms will increase the risk for flash flooding. - http://www.weather.gov/abq/EmergencyPrepFlood ISSUED AT Friday, October 23, 2026 at 10:45 PM MDT ISSUED BY National Weather Service Albuquerque NM HEADER URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED | Flood Watch # PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS -------------------- You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued. # AREAS AFFECTED -------------------- Far Northwest Highlands, Northwest Highlands, Tusas Mountains Including Chama-Jemez Mountains-Glorieta Mesa

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 MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF NEW MEXICO...SOUTHERN COLORADO AND FAR WEST TEXAS SUMMARY Isolated severe thunderstorms with large hail, severe gusts, and perhaps a tornado remain possible across portions of New Mexico, southern Colorado, and Far West Texas this evening. New Mexico and Far West Texas Evening satellite imagery showed a broad upper trough over the Great Basin and western US with a basal shortwave feature approaching the Desert Southwest from northern Baja. Modest low-level moisture has been advected northward ahead of these features supporting destabilization over much of NM and Far West TX. This has resulted in scattered thunderstorms from northern Mexico to southern CO this afternoon and evening. Enhanced southerly mid-level flow of 40-50 kts has aided in organizing the storms into a mix of into supercells and clusters with hail and severe gusts as the primary risk. While sufficient for severe storms, the general environment is expected to become less conducive through the remainder of this evening with gradually decreasing buoyancy and favorable deep-layer shear for organized storms. The onset of nocturnal cooling and storms moving into a drier/more deeply mixed air mass farther east across NM and Far West TX suggest the severe threat for severe gusts and hail will become increasingly more isolated and focused tonight.