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Arizona Flood Stories

1,237 first-hand accounts of flood events in Arizona, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.

Flash Flood

Gila, AZ · Sep 25, 2025

A slow-moving low pressure system brought several rounds of showers and thunderstorms over multiple days through much of the region. Activity on the 25th was mostly concentrated across higher terrain areas of eastern AZ, fueled by MLCAPE values approaching 2000 J/kg.

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Flash Flood

Maricopa, AZ · Sep 26, 2025

A slow-moving low pressure system brought several rounds of showers and thunderstorms over multiple days through much of the region. Activity on the 25th was mostly concentrated across higher terrain areas of eastern AZ, fueled by MLCAPE values approaching 2000 J/kg.

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Flash Flood

Maricopa, AZ · Sep 27, 2025

A slow-moving low pressure system brought several rounds of showers and thunderstorms over multiple days through much of the region. Activity on the 25th was mostly concentrated across higher terrain areas of eastern AZ, fueled by MLCAPE values approaching 2000 J/kg.

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Flash Flood

Maricopa, AZ · Sep 26, 2025

A slow-moving low pressure system brought several rounds of showers and thunderstorms over multiple days through much of the region. Activity on the 25th was mostly concentrated across higher terrain areas of eastern AZ, fueled by MLCAPE values approaching 2000 J/kg.

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Flash Flood

La Paz, AZ · Sep 18, 2025

The combination of an upper-level low off the CA coast and the remnants of Tropical Cyclone Mario resulted in a significant moisture increase with PWATs increasing upwards of 1.8-2.0 across most of southwest AZ.

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Flash Flood

Maricopa, AZ · Sep 26, 2025

A slow-moving low pressure system brought several rounds of showers and thunderstorms over multiple days through much of the region. Activity on the 25th was mostly concentrated across higher terrain areas of eastern AZ, fueled by MLCAPE values approaching 2000 J/kg.

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Flash Flood

Gila, AZ · Sep 18, 2025

The combination of an upper-level low off the CA coast and the remnants of Tropical Cyclone Mario resulted in a significant moisture increase with PWATs increasing upwards of 1.8-2.0 across most of southwest AZ.

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Flood

Maricopa, AZ · Aug 25, 2025

The environment across south-central and southwest Arizona on August 25th was primed for strong to severe thunderstorms with very moist and unstable conditions in place.

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Flood

Pinal, AZ · Aug 15, 2025

The combination of the subtropical high pressure over Colorado and an upper trough over west coast led to south-southwest flow over much of the region.

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Flood

Cochise, AZ · Oct 13, 2025

An influx of tropical moisture from tropical storms Pricilla and Raymond allowed for deep moisture as well as showers and thunderstorms to form from October 11th through October 14th.

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Flood

Pinal, AZ · Oct 14, 2025

An influx of tropical moisture from tropical storms Pricilla and Raymond allowed for deep moisture as well as showers and thunderstorms to form from October 11th through October 14th.

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Flood

Maricopa, AZ · Oct 13, 2025

A nearly stationary upper-level trough combined with tropical moisture remnants from Tropical Storms Priscilla and Raymond, which developed off the eastern Pacific, led to scattered to widespread thunderstorm activity across much of south-central AZ.

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Flood

Maricopa, AZ · Nov 18, 2025

Between the evening of November 17th and the evening of the 20th, a slow-moving upper-level low pressure system progressed through the Desert Southwest.

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Flood

Maricopa, AZ · Sep 4, 2025

Scattered to numerous thunderstorms developed over the northern half of AZ as well as near the International Border during the afternoon hours with more isolated activity developing across the foothills and higher terrain areas east of Phoenix.

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Flood

Yuma, AZ · Sep 4, 2025

An upper-level trough moving through the area providing strong upper-level ascent combined with MLCAPE values between 1500-3000 J/kg and PWAT values between 1.8-2.0 (associated with the remnants of Tropical Cyclone Lorena) resulted in numerous showers and thunderstorms across…

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Flood

Yuma, AZ · Sep 4, 2025

An upper-level trough moving through the area providing strong upper-level ascent combined with MLCAPE values between 1500-3000 J/kg and PWAT values between 1.8-2.0 (associated with the remnants of Tropical Cyclone Lorena) resulted in numerous showers and thunderstorms across…

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Flood

Yuma, AZ · Sep 4, 2025

An upper-level trough moving through the area providing strong upper-level ascent combined with MLCAPE values between 1500-3000 J/kg and PWAT values between 1.8-2.0 (associated with the remnants of Tropical Cyclone Lorena) resulted in numerous showers and thunderstorms across…

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Flood

Yuma, AZ · Sep 18, 2025

The combination of an upper-level low off the CA coast and the remnants of Tropical Cyclone Mario resulted in a significant moisture increase with PWATs increasing upwards of 1.8-2.0 across most of southwest AZ.

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Flash Flood$1.0M damage

Pima, AZ · Sep 15, 2011

A low pressure system in northern Arizona interacted with abundant moisture to produce showers and thunderstorms across southern Arizona. Some of the storms produced large hail, torrential rains, and strong winds.

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Flash Flood$20K damage

La Paz, AZ · Aug 21, 2012

Scattered thunderstorms developed across portions of La Paz county during the late afternoon and evening hours on August 21st, and they affected communities such as Brenda and Vicksburg, as well as area highways such as highway 72 southeast of Bouse.

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Flash Flood

Cochise, AZ · Aug 14, 2018

Scattered thunderstorms moved west across mainly Graham and Cochise Counties in southeast Arizona. Storms produced damaging winds and flash flooding in Safford. Heavy rain and flash flooding occurred in Saint David and over the Lizard Fire Burn Scar.

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Flash Flood

Pima, AZ · Aug 25, 2025

Strong to severe thunderstorms moved northwest through Southeastern Arizona the afternoon and evening of August 25th. These storms caused the formation of a dust storm that decreased visibilities to less than 0.25 miles, caused damage to utility equipment causing power outages…

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Flash Flood

Pinal, AZ · Aug 25, 2025

Strong to severe thunderstorms moved northwest through Southeastern Arizona the afternoon and evening of August 25th. These storms caused the formation of a dust storm that decreased visibilities to less than 0.25 miles, caused damage to utility equipment causing power outages…

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Flood

Maricopa, AZ · Aug 26, 2025

A cluster of thunderstorms developed across southwestern portions of the Phoenix area, near the Avondale and Goodyear area and then migrated northeastward into the north Phoenix and Scottsdale areas.

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