1,237 first-hand accounts of flood events in Arizona, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Widespread monsoon thunderstorms developed across the greater Phoenix metropolitan area during the evening hours on August 23rd; the storms brought typical weather hazards to the area including urban flooding and flash flooding, gusty and damaging outflow winds and one inch…
Read the full account →Thunderstorms with very heavy rain developed across portions of the south-central deserts during the evening hours on August 12th. Rainfall with the stronger storms was very intense; a flood control district rain gauge north of Sun City West measured almost 1.9 inches of rain…
Read the full account →Thunderstorms with very heavy rain developed across portions of the south-central deserts during the evening hours on August 12th. Rainfall with the stronger storms was very intense; a flood control district rain gauge north of Sun City West measured almost 1.9 inches of rain…
Read the full account →Moisture associated with Tropical Depression 19E caused widespread rain and thunderstorms over southeast Arizona during the afternoon and evening. The result was flash flooding in Picture Rocks, Sahuarita, Corona De Tucson and Thatcher.
Read the full account →Showers and embedded thunderstorms developed across south central Arizona during the early morning hours on September 8th, and as the morning progressed the showers intensified and became more and more widespread.
Read the full account →Showers and embedded thunderstorms developed across south central Arizona during the early morning hours on September 8th, and as the morning progressed the showers intensified and became more and more widespread.
Read the full account →A strong Pacific low pressure system spread considerable moisture into the central Arizona deserts on March 12th, and the combination of strong forcing, deep moisture and modest instability resulted in scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms.
Read the full account →A strong Pacific low pressure system spread considerable moisture into the central Arizona deserts on March 12th, and the combination of strong forcing, deep moisture and modest instability resulted in scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms.
Read the full account →An initial band of moisture associated with Tropical Depression Odile, once rated as strong as a Category 4 hurricane, contributed to heavy rainfall in Greenlee County on September 16th.
Read the full account →A strong, wet Pacific upper level low pressure system spread copious amounts of moisture into south central Arizona on Saturday February 22nd; as a result widespread rain developed early in the morning and the moderate to heavy rain persisted for much of the day.
Read the full account →Strong thunderstorms moved southwestward into the Tucson Metro area causing power outages and fire starts due to lightning. Additionally, the storms produced heavy rainfall causing running water over roadways in the Tucson Metro.
Read the full account →Strong thunderstorms moved southwestward into the Tucson Metro area causing power outages and fire starts due to lightning. Additionally, the storms produced heavy rainfall causing running water over roadways in the Tucson Metro.
Read the full account →Scattered monsoon thunderstorms developed across the central and western portions of the greater Phoenix metropolitan area during the evening hours on September 16th. Some of the stronger storms generated intense rainfall with peak rain rates well in excess of one inch per hour.
Read the full account →Copious amounts of tropical moisture spread north and into south-central Arizona during the morning hours on September 23rd, leading to widespread showers and thunderstorms. Some of the stronger storms generated intense rain with peak rain rates between 1 and 2 inches per hour.
Read the full account →Widespread monsoon thunderstorms developed across the greater Phoenix metropolitan area during the evening hours on August 23rd; the storms brought typical weather hazards to the area including urban flooding and flash flooding, gusty and damaging outflow winds and one inch…
Read the full account →Thunderstorms with locally heavy rainfall developed across the higher terrain areas to the east of Phoenix during the evening hours on August 24th.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed over northwest portions of La Paz County during the late evening hours on August 15th, and some of the storms produced very heavy rainfall which persisted into the early morning hours on August 16th.
Read the full account →Copious amounts of tropical moisture spread north and into the south-central deserts during the morning hours on October 2nd; the moisture was associated with the remnants of former hurricane Rosa.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed over northwest portions of La Paz County during the late evening hours on August 15th, and some of the storms produced very heavy rainfall which persisted into the early morning hours on August 16th.
Read the full account →Copious amounts of tropical moisture spread north and into the south-central deserts during the morning hours on October 2nd; the moisture was associated with the remnants of former hurricane Rosa.
Read the full account →Multiple rounds of thunderstorms developed and drifted slowly across southeast Arizona from the early morning hours of August 10 through the late night/early morning hours of August 12.
Read the full account →Isolated to scattered thunderstorms developed to the west of Phoenix and over western portions of Maricopa County, during the middle and late evening hours on July 28th.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed across the northern portion of Maricopa county, to the north of the greater Phoenix area, during the evening hours on August 25th. One of the areas affected the most by the storms was the community of Wickenburg.
Read the full account →Showers and embedded thunderstorms developed across south central Arizona during the early morning hours on September 8th, and as the morning progressed the showers intensified and became more and more widespread.
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