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Storm Event Summaries


2024:

August 22: Phoenix Metro Severe Thunderstorms and Dust Storm

August 6: Scottsdale Severe Downburst

July 24: Phoenix Microburst Event

2023:

2023 Southwest Monsoon Review

September 12: Extensive Wind Damage from Supercell Storm in Phoenix Metro Area

March 1-2: Low-Elevation Snowfall Event

2022:

2022 Southwest Monsoon Review

October 15-16: Transition Event with Flash Flooding, Damaging Winds, Large Hail, and a Landspout Tornado

July 28: Major Flash Flooding Across Apache Junction, AZ

July 17: Widespread Damaging Winds Across Mesa and Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community

March 28: Severe Straight Line Winds From Light Showers

2021:

2021 Southwest Monsoon Review

October 4-5: Strong Low Pressure System with Supercells on the 5th

August 30-31: Heavy Rainfall & Flash Flooding

August 18: Heavy Rainfall & Flash Flooding

August 16-17: Widespread Damaging Winds

August 13-14: Heavy Rainfall & Flash Flooding

July 21-26: Heavy Rainfall/Flash Flooding & Severe Storms

2020:

2020 Year in Review (v1)

2020 Year in Review (v2)

2020 Southwest Monsoon Review

2019:

November 28-29 - Thanksgiving Day Severe Storms, Phoenix Tornadoes, and Flooding

2019 Southwest Monsoon Review

September 23 - Severe Storms Across Central Arizona including New River Tornado and Flash Flooding

September 1 - Severe Storms Across Southwest Maricopa and La Paz Counties

2018:

September 30 - October 2 - Heavy Rainfall and Flooding from remnants of Hurricane Rosa

August 9 - Heavy Rainfall across Phoenix

August 2 - Dust Storm across Phoenix and Damaging Winds in Rainbow Valley

July 30 - Damaging Winds across north Phoenix

July 9 - Damaging Winds across Phoenix and Long-lasting Dust Storm

2016:

2016 Monsoon Recap

August 2 - Heavy Rainfall and Flooding in Phoenix

July 29 - Severe Storms and Dust Storm across south-central Arizona

2015:

October 18 - Damaging Winds and Hail across Glendale

October 6 - Landspout Tornado in Buckeye

September 8 - Heavy Rainfall and Flooding in Yuma

August 31 - Damaging Winds across Tempe and Phoenix

August 11 - Morning and Evening Dust Storms and Damaging Winds in Phoenix

July 19 - Heavy Rainfall across southeast California (I-10 bridge collapse)

July 18 - Heavy Rainfall and Flooding in Wickenburg

May 15 - Record May Rainfall in Phoenix

April 21 - Landspout Tornado in Desert Center California

2014:

September 27 - Damaging Winds and Heavy Rainfall across central Phoenix (damage to Sky Harbor Airport)

September 8 - Historic Rainfall and Flooding across Phoenix

August 21 - Severe Storms across southeast California and southwest Arizona

August 19 - Major Flooding north of Phoenix (New River & Cave Creek)

August 12 - Heavy Rainfall across south-central Arizona (South Mountain/Laveen Flooding)

August 3 - Heavy Rainfall and Flooding across southeast California

July 26 - Damaging Macroburst across north Phoenix

July 8 - Damaging Winds and Flooding (Quartzsite and Sun Lakes)

July 3 - Major Dust Storm across Phoenix

March 1 - Significant Late Winter Storm System (Mesa tornado)

2013:

November 21-23 - Widespread 2-3" Rainfall across central Arizona

July 15 - Severe Downburst over Ahwatukee

2012:

September 9 - Damaging Winds across Yuma

September 7 - Early Morning Heavy Rainfall across Phoenix

May 9 - Dust Storm and Damaging Winds across southeast Phoenix

2011:

August 18 - Dust Storm and Damaging Winds across southeast Phoenix

July 5 - Historic Dust Storm across south-central Arizona

2010:

October 5 - Largest Hail Recorded in Phoenix

January 18-23 - Historic Winter Storm - Heavy Rainfall, Flooding and High Winds

2008:

August 28 - Phoenix Damaging Winds up to 85 mph and Widespread Hail

August 25 - Widespread Thunderstorms Impact the Sonoran Desert (Tropical Storm Julio)

July 10 - Severe Weather Hits Southwest/Central Arizona