Weather alerts in Arizona, 1986
53 weather alerts in 1986, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 53
- Warnings
- 53
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest month
- July20 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 15, 19866 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Mountain Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 5:35 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Gila, Maricopa | 25 min |
| Mar 12, 6:10 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 50 min |
| Apr 1, 8:45 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 45 min |
| Apr 1, 8:45 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 45 min |
| May 31, 4:00 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 60 min |
| May 31, 6:00 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 30 min |
| Jul 1, 4:45 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Gila, Pinal | 2 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:45 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa, Pinal | 75 min |
| Jul 3, 4:00 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Cochise | 60 min |
| Jul 12, 4:40 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 50 min |
| Jul 14, 4:00 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 60 min |
| Jul 14, 5:00 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 90 min |
| Jul 14, 5:30 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Pima | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 6:15 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 45 min |
| Jul 15, 1:00 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Cochise | 2 hr |
| Jul 15, 1:30 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 60 min |
| Jul 15, 4:00 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Gila | 75 min |
| Jul 15, 6:05 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Gila, Maricopa | 55 min |
| Jul 16, 3:20 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 4:45 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 2 hr |
| Jul 17, 12:45 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Cochise | 75 min |
| Jul 20, 3:00 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Coconino, Yavapai | 2 hr |
| Jul 20, 3:00 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Mohave | 2 hr |
| Jul 20, 5:05 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGZ | Yavapai | 55 min |
| Jul 20, 5:05 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | La Paz | 55 min |
| Jul 21, 12:25 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Pinal | 8 hr |
| Aug 8, 7:00 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 60 min |
| Aug 9, 7:52 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 68 min |
| Aug 11, 5:05 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Maricopa, Pinal | 55 min |
| Aug 11, 5:05 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa, Pinal | 55 min |
| Aug 13, 11:00 AM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Cochise | 2 hr |
| Aug 13, 6:45 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 75 min |
| Aug 17, 7:00 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TWC | Pima | 2 hr |
| Aug 21, 2:45 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 75 min |
| Aug 25, 6:00 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa, Pinal | 90 min |
| Aug 27, 3:00 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 60 min |
| Aug 27, 6:30 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 6:40 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 80 min |
| Aug 28, 8:50 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 6 hr |
| Aug 28, 8:50 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 70 min |
| Aug 29, 3:45 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | TWC | Cochise | 60 min |
| Aug 29, 6:00 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Gila | 2 hr |
| Aug 29, 10:25 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Pinal | 95 min |
| Aug 29, 10:25 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Pinal | 95 min |
| Aug 29, 10:55 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 65 min |
| Aug 29, 10:55 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 65 min |
| Sep 8, 8:30 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | La Paz | 90 min |
| Oct 9, 4:10 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | La Paz, Maricopa | 110 min |
| Oct 10, 2:30 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 45 min |
| Oct 11, 7:40 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 80 min |
| Oct 11, 8:55 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Maricopa, Pinal | 95 min |
| Nov 18, 3:45 PM MST | Tornado Warning | PSR | Gila, Pinal | 75 min |
| Nov 18, 6:00 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 90 min |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 36 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 16 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.