1,237 first-hand accounts of flood events in Arizona, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Multiple rounds of thunderstorms developed and moved across southeast Arizona from mid morning of August 16 through the early evening of August 17.
Read the full account →Multiple rounds of thunderstorms developed and moved across southeast Arizona from mid morning of August 16 through the early evening of August 17.
Read the full account →Multiple rounds of thunderstorms developed and moved across southeast Arizona from mid morning of August 16 through the early evening of August 17.
Read the full account →Multiple rounds of thunderstorms developed and moved across southeast Arizona from mid morning of August 16 through the early evening of August 17.
Read the full account →Multiple rounds of thunderstorms developed and moved across southeast Arizona from mid morning of August 16 through the early evening of August 17.
Read the full account →Multiple rounds of thunderstorms developed and moved across southeast Arizona from mid morning of August 16 through the early evening of August 17.
Read the full account →Strong thunderstorms developed in the afternoon over the high terrain of central and southern Arizona before spreading to the lower deserts through the evening, with new development driven mostly by strong outflow boundaries.
Read the full account →Strong thunderstorms developed in the afternoon over the high terrain of central and southern Arizona before spreading to the lower deserts through the evening, with new development driven mostly by strong outflow boundaries.
Read the full account →A retrograding upper level low combined with anomalously high moisture levels led to showers and isolated thunderstorms producing heavy rainfall and numerous instances of considerable flash flooding across south-central Arizona on the 25th.
Read the full account →A retrograding upper level low combined with anomalously high moisture levels led to showers and isolated thunderstorms producing heavy rainfall and numerous instances of considerable flash flooding across south-central Arizona on the 25th.
Read the full account →With enhanced easterlies on the south end of the monsoon high and embedded weak perturbation waves rolling west across southern Arizona, scattered strong to severe thunderstorms developed in a moist unstable environment throughout the afternoon and evening on the 21st.
Read the full account →A classic bow echo developed along the Mogollon Rim in central Arizona around 1900MST on the 13th and merged with thunderstorm clusters that developed in south-central Arizona around 2030MST to form one southwestward-moving MCS that progressed all the way to the town of Yuma in…
Read the full account →On the 4th, deep moisture was in place with near record level PWAT values of 1.8-2.0 inches observed by regional soundings. Instability was marginal with MLCAPE around 1000 J/kg, but it was sufficient for thunderstorms to develop across Gila county in the afternoon.
Read the full account →A weak shortwave trough moving across the state aided in the development of showers and thunderstorms across south-central Arizona on the morning of the 14th.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed along the Mogollon Rim during the early part of the afternoon on the 9th. Relatively strong easterly mid level anticyclonic flow associated with the upper level ridge centered near the Arizona/Utah state line helped allow strong to severe thunderstorms to…
Read the full account →A retrograding upper level low combined with anomalously high moisture levels led to showers and isolated thunderstorms producing heavy rainfall and numerous instances of considerable flash flooding across south-central Arizona on the 25th.
Read the full account →With enhanced easterlies on the south end of the monsoon high and embedded weak perturbation waves rolling west across southern Arizona, scattered strong to severe thunderstorms developed in a moist unstable environment throughout the afternoon and evening on the 21st.
Read the full account →On the 4th, deep moisture was in place with near record level PWAT values of 1.8-2.0 inches observed by regional soundings. Instability was marginal with MLCAPE around 1000 J/kg, but it was sufficient for thunderstorms to develop across Gila county in the afternoon.
Read the full account →A retrograding upper level low combined with anomalously high moisture levels led to showers and isolated thunderstorms producing heavy rainfall and numerous instances of considerable flash flooding across south-central Arizona on the 25th.
Read the full account →A retrograding upper level low combined with anomalously high moisture levels led to showers and isolated thunderstorms producing heavy rainfall and numerous instances of considerable flash flooding across south-central Arizona on the 25th.
Read the full account →Strong to severe thunderstorms developed in an unstable atmosphere in the afternoon of the 22nd. Storms initially developed over the high terrain of northern and eastern Arizona as well as near the Table Top mesa area south of Phoenix.
Read the full account →Strong to severe thunderstorms developed in an unstable atmosphere in the afternoon of the 22nd. Storms initially developed over the high terrain of northern and eastern Arizona as well as near the Table Top mesa area south of Phoenix.
Read the full account →Strong thunderstorms developed in the afternoon over the high terrain of central and southern Arizona before spreading to the lower deserts through the evening, with new development driven mostly by strong outflow boundaries.
Read the full account →A retrograding upper level low combined with anomalously high moisture levels led to showers and isolated thunderstorms producing heavy rainfall and numerous instances of considerable flash flooding across south-central Arizona on the 25th.
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