1,237 first-hand accounts of flood events in Arizona, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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 →An MCS developed in the afternoon in Yavapai and Mohave counties and spread southwest through La Paz and Yuma counties through the evening and early overnight hours.
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 →An anomalously moist environment combined with weak upper level forcing mechanisms allowed for showers to develop across parts of south-central Arizona on the 24th with some showers producing locally heavy rainfall.
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 →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 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 →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 →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 →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 →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 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 →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 westward moving upper level trough over northern Mexico helped place much of Arizona under broad difluent flow aloft, aiding in the development of thunderstorms across the state.
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 →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 →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 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…
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