Alert archive / Arizona / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arizona, 2013

212 severe thunderstorm warnings in 2013. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2013. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
212
Busiest month
July114 severe thunderstorm warnings
Busiest day
August 27, 201316 severe thunderstorm warnings

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

52 of 212 severe thunderstorm warnings covering Arizona in 2013 had a qualifying storm report inside them; 82 of 136 hail, wind and damage reports fell inside a warning, on average 15 minutes after it went out.

Arizona, 2013

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Severe thunderstorm warnings2125275%13660%15 min

Each office's whole area, 2013

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Flagstaff, AZ: severe thunderstorm warnings50786%1369%8 min
NWS Phoenix, AZ: severe thunderstorm warnings592656%6568%18 min
NWS Tucson, AZ: severe thunderstorm warnings922177%5456%16 min
NWS Las Vegas, NV: severe thunderstorm warnings741481%7549%18 min

An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.

Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 8, 2:38 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa67 min
Jun 30, 5:59 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima31 min
Jun 30, 7:28 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima77 min
Jul 1, 6:52 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCGraham23 min
Jul 1, 8:06 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima39 min
Jul 1, 8:17 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima43 min
Jul 2, 2:54 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino36 min
Jul 2, 3:30 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino30 min
Jul 2, 4:01 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino, Yavapai29 min
Jul 2, 4:26 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZYavapai34 min
Jul 2, 6:50 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise, Graham55 min
Jul 2, 7:28 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRGila62 min
Jul 2, 7:43 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise62 min
Jul 2, 9:25 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima50 min
Jul 3, 3:00 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZYavapai30 min
Jul 3, 3:22 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZYavapai23 min
Jul 3, 5:44 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFMohave46 min
Jul 4, 3:44 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZNavajo46 min
Jul 5, 12:02 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima28 min
Jul 5, 12:40 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise, Pima, Santa Cruz50 min
Jul 5, 12:47 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima43 min
Jul 5, 1:15 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima30 min
Jul 5, 1:23 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise, Pima37 min
Jul 5, 1:48 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima42 min
Jul 5, 2:27 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima48 min
Jul 5, 2:35 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise40 min
Jul 6, 1:18 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZYavapai27 min
Jul 6, 8:05 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise, Graham40 min
Jul 6, 9:00 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPinal45 min
Jul 6, 10:25 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRPinal50 min
Jul 7, 1:06 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino24 min
Jul 7, 3:25 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima50 min
Jul 7, 3:51 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima54 min
Jul 8, 2:48 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise42 min
Jul 8, 3:42 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise48 min
Jul 9, 3:10 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise50 min
Jul 9, 3:53 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCSanta Cruz37 min
Jul 9, 4:02 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRGila43 min
Jul 9, 5:58 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise47 min
Jul 9, 9:54 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise, Santa Cruz51 min
Jul 10, 3:14 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZNavajo31 min
Jul 10, 3:47 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino, Gila, Navajo28 min
Jul 10, 5:14 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCGraham, Pima, Pinal46 min
Jul 10, 5:48 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa, Pinal27 min
Jul 10, 5:49 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPinal41 min
Jul 10, 5:57 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRGila33 min
Jul 10, 6:08 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZYavapai37 min
Jul 10, 7:06 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise39 min
Jul 10, 7:20 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise40 min
Jul 10, 7:57 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise48 min
Jul 10, 8:06 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise39 min
Jul 10, 9:34 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise41 min
Jul 11, 10:06 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFMohave39 min
Jul 12, 12:24 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRPinal51 min
Jul 12, 12:43 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa, Pinal62 min
Jul 12, 5:32 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFMohave43 min
Jul 13, 5:26 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise49 min
Jul 13, 6:00 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise45 min
Jul 13, 6:11 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise49 min
Jul 14, 7:07 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise38 min
Jul 15, 3:35 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima40 min
Jul 15, 4:32 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima43 min
Jul 15, 4:54 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa, Pinal51 min
Jul 15, 6:05 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima40 min
Jul 16, 3:39 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino, Yavapai21 min
Jul 19, 4:48 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima42 min
Jul 19, 5:04 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima41 min
Jul 19, 5:44 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima46 min
Jul 19, 8:44 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRPinal46 min
Jul 19, 9:56 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa34 min
Jul 19, 10:01 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa29 min
Jul 19, 11:10 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa65 min
Jul 20, 2:18 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima42 min
Jul 20, 2:49 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima56 min
Jul 20, 3:26 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZYavapai34 min
Jul 20, 3:32 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima43 min
Jul 20, 3:35 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRLa Paz, Maricopa55 min
Jul 20, 5:22 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFMohave53 min
Jul 20, 5:31 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZYavapai29 min
Jul 20, 7:52 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa53 min
Jul 20, 7:52 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFMohave38 min
Jul 20, 8:22 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFMohave38 min
Jul 20, 9:35 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFMohave40 min
Jul 23, 3:32 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCGreenlee28 min
Jul 23, 3:38 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino, Navajo37 min
Jul 23, 4:38 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCGraham, Greenlee37 min
Jul 23, 5:15 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCGraham, Greenlee45 min
Jul 23, 5:25 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCGraham35 min
Jul 24, 1:14 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZGila31 min
Jul 25, 11:29 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino31 min
Jul 25, 1:22 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima38 min
Jul 25, 2:02 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise, Graham43 min
Jul 25, 2:18 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino, Yavapai27 min
Jul 25, 2:41 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRPinal64 min
Jul 25, 3:03 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZYavapai27 min
Jul 25, 3:16 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFMohave44 min
Jul 25, 3:46 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZYavapai29 min
Jul 25, 4:44 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZYavapai31 min
Jul 25, 4:53 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZNavajo37 min
Jul 25, 5:12 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFMohave48 min
Jul 25, 5:17 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZYavapai28 min
Jul 25, 5:17 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima28 min
Jul 25, 5:32 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZNavajo43 min
Jul 26, 11:06 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRGila54 min
Jul 26, 1:20 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRPinal55 min
Jul 26, 1:50 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima40 min
Jul 26, 2:05 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima40 min
Jul 26, 2:18 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa, Pinal57 min
Jul 26, 3:10 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima50 min
Jul 26, 3:27 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino33 min
Jul 26, 3:29 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise31 min
Jul 27, 2:14 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFMohave31 min
Jul 27, 3:43 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima47 min
Jul 28, 11:51 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFMohave24 min
Jul 28, 12:10 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFMohave35 min
Aug 2, 11:54 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCSanta Cruz51 min
Aug 2, 1:52 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima38 min
Aug 2, 1:57 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise48 min
Aug 6, 1:04 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise41 min
Aug 16, 4:18 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa57 min
Aug 16, 4:30 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa60 min
Aug 16, 7:22 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima23 min
Aug 17, 12:32 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFMohave43 min
Aug 17, 4:32 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima43 min
Aug 17, 5:03 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRGila, Maricopa57 min
Aug 19, 6:28 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFMohave47 min
Aug 20, 2:07 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima38 min
Aug 20, 2:45 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima30 min
Aug 20, 2:59 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima31 min
Aug 22, 3:21 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima24 min
Aug 22, 3:50 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima25 min
Aug 22, 4:34 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima26 min
Aug 22, 4:45 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima30 min
Aug 22, 5:12 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima33 min
Aug 22, 6:02 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRYuma58 min
Aug 23, 12:27 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino33 min
Aug 23, 2:37 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRGila, Pinal38 min
Aug 26, 2:26 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPinal34 min
Aug 26, 2:28 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima47 min
Aug 26, 2:30 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima30 min
Aug 26, 3:02 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPinal28 min
Aug 26, 3:08 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima22 min
Aug 26, 3:20 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRPinal25 min
Aug 26, 3:53 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRGila, Maricopa, Pinal22 min
Aug 26, 4:14 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa31 min
Aug 26, 5:26 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRPinal19 min
Aug 26, 5:47 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRPinal58 min
Aug 26, 6:21 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa, Pinal24 min
Aug 26, 6:31 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZNavajo29 min
Aug 26, 6:35 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa, Pinal25 min
Aug 26, 7:01 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZNavajo44 min
Aug 26, 7:08 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa37 min
Aug 26, 9:11 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRLa Paz, Maricopa34 min
Aug 26, 9:55 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFMohave50 min
Aug 27, 12:39 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino36 min
Aug 27, 1:18 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZNavajo27 min
Aug 27, 1:48 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino27 min
Aug 27, 3:04 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZApache26 min
Aug 27, 3:26 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino, Yavapai34 min
Aug 27, 3:46 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZApache29 min
Aug 27, 4:18 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRPinal57 min
Aug 27, 5:12 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFMohave48 min
Aug 27, 5:23 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa, Pinal52 min
Aug 27, 6:12 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa, Pinal33 min
Aug 28, 3:05 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFMohave40 min
Aug 28, 5:00 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa, Yuma45 min
Aug 28, 5:33 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima42 min
Aug 28, 5:52 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRYuma38 min
Aug 28, 6:30 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRYuma45 min
Aug 28, 7:23 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa52 min
Aug 29, 7:39 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFMohave36 min
Aug 30, 3:29 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZApache31 min
Aug 30, 4:22 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa38 min
Sep 2, 3:53 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZGila37 min
Sep 2, 4:34 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRLa Paz, Yuma56 min
Sep 2, 4:43 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino, Yavapai32 min
Sep 3, 12:57 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima48 min
Sep 3, 1:00 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima45 min
Sep 3, 1:51 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima39 min
Sep 4, 1:19 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFMohave26 min
Sep 4, 1:40 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFMohave35 min
Sep 4, 1:50 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFMohave25 min
Sep 4, 2:47 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFMohave28 min
Sep 6, 1:27 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa63 min
Sep 6, 1:45 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCSanta Cruz30 min
Sep 6, 2:29 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa61 min
Sep 6, 3:10 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima65 min
Sep 6, 3:25 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima50 min
Sep 6, 4:07 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima38 min
Sep 6, 4:19 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima26 min
Sep 6, 4:56 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima34 min
Sep 6, 5:16 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa59 min
Sep 8, 4:16 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise44 min
Sep 9, 3:42 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRLa Paz, Yuma48 min
Sep 11, 3:27 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEFMohave48 min
Sep 11, 5:07 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino23 min
Sep 11, 5:30 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino30 min
Sep 11, 6:02 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino, Navajo28 min
Sep 13, 2:35 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRPinal55 min
Sep 14, 11:34 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZCoconino41 min
Sep 16, 5:39 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCGraham51 min
Sep 18, 3:33 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZApache27 min
Sep 18, 4:13 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZApache32 min
Sep 19, 4:14 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCGraham, Greenlee31 min
Sep 20, 12:38 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise37 min
Sep 20, 1:17 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise28 min
Sep 22, 9:43 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZGila, Navajo17 min
Sep 22, 10:11 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZApache, Navajo19 min
Sep 22, 10:53 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZApache, Navajo22 min
Sep 22, 11:21 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZApache24 min
Sep 22, 11:59 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZApache31 min
Sep 22, 12:22 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGZApache23 min

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

Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive20122014

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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.