1,237 first-hand accounts of flood events in Arizona, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms developed across the south central Arizona deserts, including the greater Phoenix metropolitan area, during the morning hours on September 7th.
Read the full account →An upper trough moved across Chihuahua and Sonora helping to strengthen thunderstorms near the international border. Abundant moisture of nearly 2 inches of precipitable water led to thunderstorms that produced very heavy rain and flash flooding over southern Cochise County.
Read the full account →Scattered thunderstorms developed and moved west across southeast Arizona. These storms were slow-moving and lasted into the overnight hours. Several trees were uprooted in Tucson, and numerous swift water rescues were conducted in the evening as washes flowed across roads…
Read the full account →Streets and highways were closed, homes and businesses were flooded after the third storm system of the week moved across the deserts and into the foothills.
Read the full account →During the afternoon on July 8th, a line of intense thunderstorms developed across central La Paz county; the stronger storms produced damaging microburst winds as well as very heavy rainfall which led to flash flooding.
Read the full account →Tropical moisture from the remnants of tropical storm Lorena along with an approaching upper level low led to widespread showers and thunderstorms starting in the early morning hours through most of the day.
Read the full account →Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms moved across portions of the south central deserts, including northwestern Maricopa county and eastern La Paz county, during the morning hours on September 10th.
Read the full account →A very moist and unstable atmosphere led to the formation of widespread showers and thunderstorms across south central Arizona during the morning hours on July 21st.
Read the full account →Copious amounts of tropical moisture ahead of dissipating former tropical storm Ivo streamed into southwestern Arizona on the 24th, and this led to a very moist and unstable airmass.
Read the full account →Southerly flow spread copious amounts of tropical moisture northward and into the south central Arizona deserts during the morning hours on September 9th.
Read the full account →Isolated strong thunderstorms developed across portions of the greater Phoenix area during the mid afternoon hours on July 31st. One storm produced a wind gust to 64 mph at the Deer Valley airport.
Read the full account →An upper level low pressure system spinning off of the coast of central Baja California drew significant amounts of tropical moisture into central Arizona on September 21st. The moisture was being shed off of a tropical depression named 16-E.
Read the full account →Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms developed across much of central Arizona during the morning hours on August 19th, and they moved steadily towards the northeast for a period of several hours, affecting the greater Phoenix metropolitan areas as well as higher…
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 →Copious amounts of tropical moisture from dissipating former tropical storm Ivo continued to stream into Arizona on August 24th, and this led to a very moist and unstable airmass. Thunderstorms with very heavy rain developed during the day, leading to flash flooding.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms with very heavy rain developed across portions of southern Gila county during the afternoon on July 11th. At approximately 1630MST, radar indicated rainfall rates approaching 3 inches per hour in the area between Globe and San Carlos.
Read the full account →A large convective complex formed over south central Arizona during the early morning hours on August 23rd, a result of a weather disturbance acting on a very humid and unstable airmass.
Read the full account →A large convective complex formed over south central Arizona during the early morning hours on August 23rd, a result of a weather disturbance acting on a very humid and unstable airmass.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms with locally heavy rain developed across portions of southern Gila county, including the community of San Carlos, during the late afternoon hours on September 4th. Peak rainfall rates with the stronger thunderstorms were at least 2 inches per hour.
Read the full account →Scattered thunderstorms developed and moved west across southeast Arizona. These storms were slow-moving and lasted into the overnight hours. Several trees were uprooted in Tucson, and numerous swift water rescues were conducted in the evening as washes flowed across roads…
Read the full account →Several days in a row of monsoon thunderstorms occurred in east central Arizona and west central New Mexico. Runoff drained into the Blue, San Francisco and Gila Rivers.
Read the full account →A low pressure circulation over southern California ejected northeast over Arizona in response to a much stronger trough of low pressure moving eastward over the Pacific Ocean.
Read the full account →A large convective complex formed over south central Arizona during the early morning hours on August 23rd, a result of a weather disturbance acting on a very humid and unstable airmass.
Read the full account →Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms developed across the south central Arizona deserts, including the greater Phoenix metropolitan area, during the morning hours on September 7th.
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