1,237 first-hand accounts of flood events in Arizona, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A moderate to strong atmospheric river aligned over South-central Arizona and led to widespread light to moderate rain across the region. Rain began falling the night of the 23rd and lasted through the evening of the 24th.
Read the full account →A moderate to strong atmospheric river aligned over South-central Arizona and led to widespread light to moderate rain across the region. Rain began falling the night of the 23rd and lasted through the evening of the 24th.
Read the full account →A large area of low pressure was stationed over eastern Montana with shortwaves rotating around it over northern Arizona. This provided dynamic support to an already moist|environment with numerous showers and thunderstorms.
Read the full account →An isolated supercell thunderstorm moved west across southern Pima County during the late afternoon. It produced damaging winds and flash flooding north of Sasabe, then split over the Baboquivari Mountains where the southern cell continued to produce damaging winds in the…
Read the full account →Ridge of high pressure continued to migrate eastward across northern Sonora, Mexico. Scattered convection again developed during the late morning hours, and light winds aloft lead to erratic storm motion.
Read the full account →A shortwave trough moving through the region combined with a moist, unstable atmosphere promoted the development of showers and thunderstorms across south-central Arizona going into the afternoon on the 18th.
Read the full account →Heavy precipitation from a thunderstorm near Vail caused the Pantano Wash to rise 6 feet in less than a hour. At 2330 MST, rapidly rising and moving water reached Harrison Road in southwest Tucson. Harrison Road was flooded with a foot to a foot and a half deep.
Read the full account →Broad southeast flow associated with the circulation of Tropical Storm Kay, which was located just west of the Baja California Peninsula, set up across Arizona. This helped in advecting moisture into the area with PWAT's in excess of 1.5.
Read the full account →Multiple rounds of thunderstorms developed and drifted slowly across southeast Arizona from the early morning hours of August 10 through the late night/early morning hours of August 12.
Read the full account →Multiple rounds of thunderstorms developed and drifted slowly across southeast Arizona from the early morning hours of August 10 through the late night/early morning hours of August 12.
Read the full account →Multiple rounds of thunderstorms developed and drifted slowly across southeast Arizona from the early morning hours of August 10 through the late night/early morning hours of August 12.
Read the full account →Multiple rounds of thunderstorms developed and drifted slowly across southeast Arizona from the early morning hours of August 10 through the late night/early morning hours of August 12.
Read the full account →Multiple rounds of thunderstorms developed and drifted slowly across southeast Arizona from the early morning hours of August 10 through the late night/early morning hours of August 12.
Read the full account →Multiple rounds of thunderstorms developed and drifted slowly across southeast Arizona from the early morning hours of August 10 through the late night/early morning hours of August 12.
Read the full account →Multiple rounds of thunderstorms developed and drifted slowly across southeast Arizona from the early morning hours of August 10 through the late night/early morning hours of August 12.
Read the full account →Multiple rounds of thunderstorms developed and drifted slowly across southeast Arizona from the early morning hours of August 10 through the late night/early morning hours of August 12.
Read the full account →An upper level low sitting over central Arizona on the 11th and 12th led to the development of multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms across the region.
Read the full account →An upper level low sitting over central Arizona on the 11th and 12th led to the development of multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms across the region.
Read the full account →An upper level low sitting over central Arizona on the 11th and 12th led to the development of multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms across the region.
Read the full account →An upper level low sitting over central Arizona on the 11th and 12th led to the development of multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms across the region.
Read the full account →An upper level low sitting over central Arizona on the 11th and 12th led to the development of multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms across the region.
Read the full account →An upper level low sitting over central Arizona on the 11th and 12th led to the development of multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms across the region.
Read the full account →An upper level low sitting over central Arizona on the 11th and 12th led to the development of multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms across the region.
Read the full account →An upper level low sitting over central Arizona on the 11th and 12th led to the development of multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms across the region.
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