1,237 first-hand accounts of flood events in Arizona, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Tropical moisture from the remnants of tropical storm Lorena along with an approaching upper level low led to widespread showers and thunderstorms starting in the early morning hours through most of the day.
Read the full account →Tropical moisture from the remnants of tropical storm Lorena along with an approaching upper level low led to widespread showers and thunderstorms starting in the early morning hours through most of the day.
Read the full account →Scattered thunderstorms moved slowly southeast across portions of southeast Arizona from late morning on the 1st through the morning of the 2nd. Pockets of heavy rain totaling between 1 and 4 inches occurred in northeast Pinal County, southwest Graham County and Cochise County.
Read the full account →Scattered thunderstorms developed and moved west-southwest across southeast Arizona during the late afternoon and early evening. Storms produced wind damage in the northwest Tucson Metro, Sells and Huachuca City.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms with heavy rain developed over southern Gila County during the late evening hours on July 16th, and some of the stronger storms produced intense rain in the Globe and Miami areas.
Read the full account →The weather pattern across south central Arizona was favorable for scattered strong thunderstorms on August 31st; wind fields aloft were stronger than normal and there was ample moisture and instability present.
Read the full account →Strong thunderstorms developed quickly across central La Paz county during the early afternoon hours on July 17th, and they generated very heavy rainfall with peak rain rates in excess of 2 inches per hour.
Read the full account →The atmosphere across southern Arizona was exceptionally moist and unstable on July 18th, due in large part to a significant infusion of tropical moisture from hurricane Dolores.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed across the central Arizona deserts during the early afternoon hours on July 5th, and some of them produced locally heavy rainfall with rainfall rates well in excess of one inch per hour.
Read the full account →A large area of low pressure centered over southeast California brought convectively active weather to south central Arizona, including the greater Phoenix metropolitan area, during the day on October 6th.
Read the full account →A strong and cold upper level low pressure system was in place over the desert southwest on October 20th. The low was associated with elevated levels of moisture, instability and wind shear and as a result, scattered thunderstorms developed across south central Arizona, starting…
Read the full account →Plentiful tropical moisture spread into central Arizona ahead of a tropical depression named 16-E, creating a very moist and unstable atmosphere.
Read the full account →A wet and slow moving upper level Pacific low pressure system continued to move east and across Arizona late in the month of January, and resulted in scattered to numerous showers across the central deserts during the morning hours on January 31st.
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