1,237 first-hand accounts of flood events in Arizona, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Scattered monsoon thunderstorms developed across much of south-central Arizona during the afternoon and evening hours on July 18th and they affected portions of the greater Phoenix area as well as areas around the community of Wickenburg.
Read the full account →Scattered monsoon thunderstorms developed across portions of the greater Phoenix area, including east valley communities from Mesa eastward through Superior, during the late afternoon and evening hours on July 21st.
Read the full account →Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms developed across much of south-central Arizona, including the greater Phoenix metropolitan area, during the morning hours on July 24th.
Read the full account →Strong monsoon thunderstorms developed during the late evening hours across portions of southern Gila County and they affected the areas around Globe and Miami. The primary weather hazards that developed were very heavy rainfall, flash flooding, and gusty damaging winds.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms with heavy rain developed across much of south-central Arizona during the evening hours on July 23rd and many of them affected the greater Phoenix metropolitan area, especially the eastern and southeast portion.
Read the full account →Scattered to numerous thunderstorms developed across the greater Phoenix area during the morning hours on August 13th and they produced locally heavy rainfall which led to a number of flash flooding episodes that affected communities such as Surprise, Glendale and Tempe.
Read the full account →Scattered thunderstorms, some with heavy rain, developed over the east and southeast portions of the greater Phoenix area during the evening hours on July 10th.
Read the full account →Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms developed across much of south-central Arizona, including the greater Phoenix metropolitan area, during the morning hours on July 24th.
Read the full account →Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms developed across much of south-central Arizona, including the greater Phoenix metropolitan area, during the morning hours on July 24th.
Read the full account →Scattered thunderstorms moved west across southeast Arizona. Storms produced flash flooding and a swath of damaging winds across the Tucson Metro area, and a landspout was also observed.
Read the full account →Scattered thunderstorms moved west across southeast Arizona. Storms produced flash flooding and a swath of damaging winds across the Tucson Metro area, and a landspout was also observed.
Read the full account →Strong thunderstorms produced heavy rainfall over the higher terrain of the Catalina Mountains. This heavy rainfall produced a flash flood which moved downstream into Bear Canyon and the popular Seven Falls area causing two fatalities.
Read the full account →A series of weather disturbances moved eastward across Arizona during the afternoon and evening hours on July 1st and they interacted with lingering monsoon moisture to produce scattered strong thunderstorms.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed across portions of south central Arizona, including the greater Phoenix metropolitan area, during the evening hours on August 10th.
Read the full account →Scattered thunderstorms developed during the afternoon hours across portions of south central Arizona and they affected areas including the greater Phoenix metropolitan area.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed across portions of south central Arizona during the late morning hours on August 9th, and some of the stronger storms produced locally heavy rainfall with peak rain rates reaching near 2 inches per hour.
Read the full account →Scattered to numerous thunderstorms developed across the greater Phoenix metropolitan area during the morning hours on August 5th and due to high levels of moisture in the atmosphere, the storms quickly generated very heavy rains.
Read the full account →Deep tropical moisture spread northward and across the central deserts of Arizona during the morning hours on September 7th; the moisture was remnants of dissipating Tropical Storm Newton.
Read the full account →Considerable amounts of tropical moisture associated with former Tropical Storm Newton spread across the southwest and south-central Arizona deserts during the morning hours on September 7th.
Read the full account →Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms overspread much of south central Arizona during the afternoon and evening hours on August 2nd.
Read the full account →Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms developed across south central Arizona, including the greater Phoenix metropolitan area, during the early morning hours on August 11th.
Read the full account →Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms developed across south central Arizona, including the greater Phoenix metropolitan area, during the early morning hours on August 11th.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed across portions of south central Arizona, including the greater Phoenix metropolitan area, during the evening hours on August 10th.
Read the full account →Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms overspread much of south central Arizona during the afternoon and evening hours on August 2nd.
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