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 →After an active overnight period in Cochise County, another round of storms fired off to the south and east of Tucson during the afternoon and evening hours.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed over the south central deserts during the late evening hours on August 14th, affecting portions of west central Pinal county and the community of Maricopa.
Read the full account →Severe thunderstorm moved south into the Douglas area producing damaging winds and flash flood. Downtown Douglas was flooded with water overflowing curbs and flowing into businesses. A few homes were evacuated with water up to 10 inches deep within the homes.
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 developed across portions of La Paz county during the afternoon and evening hours on August 20th, and they affected communities such as Quartzsite, Salome and Harcuvar.
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 →An upper level low just off the coast of southern California triggered northeastward moving strong to severe thunderstorms from Three Points eastward.
Read the full account →Precipitable water values in Southeast Arizona were between 1.5 and 1.8 inches with weak steering flow. Thunderstorms that developed were very slow moving with rainfall amounts in excess of one inch in some locations. Flash flooding occurred in both Pima and Greenlee Counties.
Read the full account →Precipitable water values in Southeast Arizona were between 1.5 and 1.8 inches with weak steering flow. Thunderstorms that developed were very slow moving with rainfall amounts in excess of one inch in some locations. Flash flooding occurred in both Pima and Greenlee Counties.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed across portions of La Paz county during the late night hours on September 7th, with some of the strongest storms located to the north and east of Bouse.
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 →Over a four day period, thunderstorms developed over the Duncan causing two washes to overflow on the evening of the 7th. More than four inches of rain was recorded from a rain gage a few miles north of Duncan over the four day period.
Read the full account →Flash Flooding at the entrance to the White Tank Mountain Regional Park near the intersection of Olive Rd and Citrus Rd. Very heavy rain occurred in the area between 7:00 PM and 9:00 PM MST. A vehicle with two male occupants was swept off of Olive Rd. around 8:30 PM MST.
Read the full account →Copious amounts of tropical moisture spread northward across the southwest and south central Arizona deserts during the morning hours on September 9th, and this led to the developement of scattered to numerous showers along with isolated embedded thunderstorms.
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 →Thunderstorms developed during the evening hours across portions of the south central Arizona deserts on August 28th, and they affected the greater Phoenix metropolitan area.
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 →An anonymously deep, slow moving low pressure system moved through the Desert Southwest throughout the day on the 4th. The strong forcing for ascent in combination with above normal moisture values resulted in widespread scattered shower activity across much south-central AZ.
Read the full account →An anonymously deep, slow moving low pressure system moved through the Desert Southwest throughout the day on the 4th. The strong forcing for ascent in combination with above normal moisture values resulted in widespread scattered shower activity across much south-central AZ.
Read the full account →Remnant moisture plume from a tropical system with precipitable water values between 1.0-1.4, which for early June is near record levels, combined with a series of low pressure systems that affected the Desert Southwest to result in periods of showers and thunderstorms between…
Read the full account →Remnant moisture plume from a tropical system with precipitable water values between 1.0-1.4, which for early June is near record levels, combined with a series of low pressure systems that affected the Desert Southwest to result in periods of showers and thunderstorms between…
Read the full account →The combination of the subtropical high over the Four Corners/Rockies and an area of low pressure near the southern CA coastline resulted in a modest southeasterly flow that advected modest amounts of moisture across much of central and southern AZ.
Read the full account →The combination of the subtropical high over the Four Corners/Rockies and an area of low pressure near the southern CA coastline resulted in a modest southeasterly flow that advected modest amounts of moisture across much of central and southern AZ.
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