1,237 first-hand accounts of flood events in Arizona, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Thunderstorms with locally heavy rain affected portions of La Paz County beginning in the late evening hours on August 9th, and the storms persisted into the early morning hours on August 10th.
Read the full account →A strong Pacific upper level low pressure system moved into Arizona during the morning hours on October 13th and triggered the development of widespread moderate to heavy showers across the south-central deserts.
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 →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 →A strong upper level Pacific low pressure system started to move into western Arizona during the morning hours on October 13th. As the low approached, it triggered the formation of scattered to numerous showers along with embedded thunderstorms which moved into La Paz County.
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 →Scattered thunderstorms developed across south-central Arizona, including the greater Phoenix metropolitan area, during the late afternoon and evening hours on August 8th.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed across portions of south central Arizona, including the greater Phoenix area, during the late evening hours on August 10th.
Read the full account →Copious amounts of tropical moisture spread northward into the central deserts during the morning hours on October 2nd. The moisture was associated with the remnants of former hurricane Rosa and as it moved in, widespread moderate to heavy showers and isolated thunderstorms…
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 →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 →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 →Copious amounts of tropical moisture spread northward into the central deserts during the morning hours on October 2nd. The moisture was associated with the remnants of former hurricane Rosa and as it moved in, widespread moderate to heavy showers and isolated thunderstorms…
Read the full account →Copious amounts of tropical moisture spread northward into the central deserts during the morning hours on October 2nd. The moisture was associated with the remnants of former hurricane Rosa and as it moved in, widespread moderate to heavy showers and isolated thunderstorms…
Read the full account →A strong upper level Pacific low pressure system started to move into western Arizona during the morning hours on October 13th. As the low approached, it triggered the formation of scattered to numerous showers along with embedded thunderstorms which moved into La Paz County.
Read the full account →Copious amounts of tropical moisture spread north 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 →Scattered thunderstorms moved northwest across southeast Arizona during the afternoon and evening. Storms produced heavy rain and flash flooding in Clifton, on the Tohono O'odham Nation and in western Pima County.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms continued to develop across south central Arizona during the afternoon hours on August 12th, and they persisted well into the evening. Many of the storms affected the greater Phoenix metropolitan area.
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 weather system moving into Arizona on Friday January 20th led to the development of widespread locally heavy rains across portions of the central Arizona deserts which affected the northern portion of the greater Phoenix metropolitan area.
Read the full account →During the early morning hours on August 14th, scattered thunderstorms developed across the higher terrain areas to the northeast of Phoenix, affecting the areas southeast of Carefree and north of Fountain Hills.
Read the full account →Scattered to numerous monsoon thunderstorms developed across portions of south central Arizona, including the greater Phoenix metropolitan area, on August 3rd. Some of the thunderstorms generated intense rainfall with peak rain rates approaching 2 inches per hour.
Read the full account →Strong thunderstorms developed across portions of La Paz County during the afternoon hours on August 10th; the stronger storms produced strong damaging microburst winds as well as locally heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →Scattered to numerous thunderstorms developed across the greater Phoenix area during the morning hours on August 13th and they produced locally heavy rainfall which led to a number of flash flooding episodes that affected communities such as Surprise, Glendale and Tempe.
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