Severe Thunderstorm Watches in New Mexico
463 severe thunderstorm watches since 1986. 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 severe thunderstorm watches reaches back to 1997.
Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 463
- Busiest year
- 202334 severe thunderstorm watches
- Average year
- 15over 30 years on file
Over time
By year
Watches are counted from 1997, when the Storm Prediction Center archive begins.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Union County244
- Quay County218
- Harding County211
- Curry County192
- Roosevelt County187
- Lea County177
- Colfax County153
- Chaves County143
- De Baca County142
- Guadalupe County140
- San Miguel County137
- Eddy County131
- Mora County122
- Lincoln County89
- Torrance County54
- Otero County48
- Santa Fe County37
- Doña Ana County28
- Taos County26
- Socorro County24
- Sierra County22
- Bernalillo County19
- Valencia County19
- Sandoval County17
- Luna County16
- Grant County15
- Los Alamos County14
- Hidalgo County13
- Rio Arriba County10
- Catron County9
- Cibola County7
- McKinley County6
- San Juan County4
The latest severe thunderstorm watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Harding, Quay, Union | 7 hr |
| Aug 16, 2:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Colfax, Union | 7 hr |
| Jun 26, 2:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Colfax, Union | 9 hr |
| Jun 24, 2:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, Mora and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 12, 4:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Colfax, Harding, Union | 8 hr |
| Jun 9, 1:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Colfax, Harding, Quay, Union | 7 hr |
| May 21, 1:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Colfax, Union | 8 hr |
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.