Alert archive / New Mexico / Flood Watches
Flood Watches in New Mexico, 2026
45 flood watches in 2026. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of flood watches reaches back to 2005.
Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 45
- Busiest month
- September18 flood watches
- Busiest day
- September 15, 20263 flood watches
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Mountain Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 9:29 PM MDT | Flood Watch | EPZ | Doña Ana | 26 hr |
| Apr 30, 11:26 AM MDT | Flood Watch | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 28 hr |
| May 24, 12:25 PM MDT | Flood Watch | ABQ | Lincoln | 33 hr |
| Jun 1, 12:58 PM MDT | Flood Watch | ABQ | Lincoln | 31 hr |
| Jun 2, 1:01 PM MDT | Flood Watch | ABQ | Lincoln | 31 hr |
| Jun 2, 3:29 PM MDT | Flood Watch | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 18 hr |
| Jun 3, 11:17 AM MDT | Flood Watch | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 10 hr |
| Jun 4, 12:00 PM MDT | Flood Watch | ABQ | Lincoln | 30 hr |
| Jul 10, 12:35 PM MDT | Flood Watch | ABQ | Lincoln | 29 hr |
| Jul 13, 10:35 AM MDT | Flood Watch | MAF | Lea | 4 days |
| Jul 16, 11:11 AM MDT | Flood Watch | ABQ | Catron, Cibola, Lincoln, McKinley, Sandoval, Socorro | 34 hr |
| Jul 17, 12:08 PM MDT | Flood Watch | ABQ | Lincoln | 30 hr |
| Jul 18, 11:40 AM MDT | Flood Watch | ABQ | Lincoln | 27 hr |
| Jul 19, 10:21 PM MDT | Flood Watch | EPZ | Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Otero, Sierra | 26 hr |
| Jul 20, 4:48 PM MDT | Flood Watch | ABQ | Catron, Cibola, Lincoln, McKinley, San Juan, Socorro | 28 hr |
| Jul 21, 1:51 PM MDT | Flood Watch | EPZ | Otero | 28 hr |
| Jul 21, 1:57 PM MDT | Flood Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Lincoln, McKinley, Rio Arriba and 4 more | 32 hr |
| Jul 24, 1:20 PM MDT | Flood Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Lincoln, McKinley, Rio Arriba and 5 more | 32 hr |
| Jul 24, 11:31 PM MDT | Flood Watch | EPZ | Otero | 17 hr |
| Jul 26, 12:45 AM MDT | Flood Watch | ABQ | Catron, Cibola, McKinley, Sandoval, Socorro | 19 hr |
| Jul 27, 11:34 AM MDT | Flood Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Colfax, Los Alamos, McKinley and 11 more | 33 hr |
| Jul 28, 9:50 AM MDT | Flood Watch | EPZ | Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Sierra | 14 hr |
| Jul 31, 9:53 AM MDT | Flood Watch | EPZ | Doña Ana, Otero, Sierra | 38 hr |
| Jul 31, 12:26 PM MDT | Flood Watch | ABQ | Lincoln | 31 hr |
| Aug 12, 1:48 AM MDT | Flood Watch | ABQ | Catron, Cibola, McKinley, Sandoval, San Juan, Socorro | 20 hr |
| Aug 14, 12:10 PM MDT | Flood Watch | ABQ | Lincoln | 28 hr |
| Aug 16, 12:50 AM MDT | Flood Watch | ABQ | Colfax, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Taos | 17 hr |
| Sep 4, 11:48 AM MDT | Flood Watch | ABQ | Lincoln | 27 hr |
| Sep 5, 10:03 AM MDT | Flood Watch | EPZ | Otero | 5 hr |
| Sep 8, 1:49 AM MDT | Flood Watch | ABQ | Lincoln | 16 hr |
| Sep 14, 10:14 AM MDT | Flood Watch | EPZ | Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Sierra | 68 hr |
| Sep 15, 1:01 AM MDT | Flood Watch | ABQ | Catron, Socorro | 23 hr |
| Sep 15, 10:59 AM MDT | Flood Watch | EPZ | Doña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Otero, Sierra | 43 hr |
| Sep 15, 11:07 AM MDT | Flood Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Colfax, Lincoln, McKinley and 9 more | 43 hr |
| Sep 17, 2:24 AM MDT | Flood Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Cibola, Colfax, Lincoln, Los Alamos, McKinley and 10 more | 25 hr |
| Sep 17, 4:48 AM MDT | Flood Watch | EPZ | Doña Ana, Grant, Luna, Otero, Sierra | 25 hr |
| Sep 18, 3:05 AM MDT | Flood Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Lincoln, McKinley, Rio Arriba and 4 more | 21 hr |
| Sep 18, 6:28 AM MDT | Flood Watch | EPZ | Otero | 18 hr |
| Sep 20, 11:18 PM MDT | Flood Watch | EPZ | Doña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Otero, Sierra | 46 hr |
| Sep 21, 1:02 AM MDT | Flood Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Catron, Chaves, Cibola, Colfax, Curry and 19 more | 5 days |
| Sep 21, 10:08 AM MDT | Flood Watch | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 5 days |
| Sep 22, 9:09 PM MDT | Flood Watch | EPZ | Doña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Otero, Sierra | 57 hr |
| Sep 26, 11:55 PM MDT | Flood Watch | EPZ | Doña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Otero, Sierra | 3 days |
| Sep 27, 1:39 AM MDT | Flood Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Catron, Chaves, Cibola, Colfax, Curry and 19 more | 4 days |
| Sep 27, 9:41 AM MDT | Flood Watch | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 68 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lincoln County20
- Socorro County13
- Catron County12
- Cibola County12
- McKinley County12
- Sandoval County11
- Otero County11
- San Juan County10
- Sierra County9
- Rio Arriba County9
- Grant County8
- Luna County8
- Bernalillo County8
- Valencia County8
- Doña Ana County7
- Hidalgo County7
- Lea County6
- Colfax County6
- Mora County6
- San Miguel County6
- Santa Fe County6
- Taos County6
- Eddy County5
- Torrance County5
- Los Alamos County4
- Union County3
- Chaves County2
- Curry County2
- De Baca County2
- Guadalupe County2
- Harding County2
- Quay County2
- Roosevelt County2
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.