Hurricane Odile (2014)

Basin

Eastern Pacific

Dates

September 9, 2014 to September 18, 2014

Peak strength

Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)

Lowest pressure

918 mb (27.11 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

14.8

Tropical-storm-force wind reached

180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) from the center at its widest

Hurricane-force wind reached

50 nmi (93 km, 58 mi) from the center at its widest

Eyewall radius at its peak

15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)

Overall size

180 nmi (333 km, 207 mi) to the outermost closed isobar

Peak gust in the best track

140 kt (161 mph)

Fastest the center moved

18 kt (21 mph)

Identifier

EP152014

Radar at KYUX as it neared land, Sep 17, 16:30 UTC

The sources count different things and are not added together.

Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.

NOAA’s Storm Events database, the record National Weather Service offices compile months after a storm, as compiled March 2026.

Deaths

2 (2 direct, 0 indirect)

Injuries

1

Property damage

$1.5 million

Crop damage

none recorded

Events recorded

92 in 17 reports from 4 states and marine areas

State by state

What was recorded

52 flash flood, 18 heavy rain, 11 thunderstorm wind, 8 flood, 2 lightning, 1 funnel cloud.

The Weather Prediction Center attributes 3,592 rain gauge totals over the contiguous United States to this storm. The wettest reached 15.31 inches (389 mm).

WPC’s storm rainfall file, 1900 to 2020, compiled by David Roth.

The strongest winds National Weather Service offices recorded with this storm. An estimated figure is a forecaster’s judgment from the damage, not an instrument reading.

From the Storm Events narratives, unedited.

Thunderstorm winds damaged 6 warehouses at the cotton-storage facility STS Land Holding in Eloy. Four warehouses were listed as a 30 to 50 percent loss. The other 2 buildings were still marginally usable. The warehouses, covered in tin, were mostly empty at the time. A few minutes later, 39 out of 107 cars on a Union Pacific train were derailed near the Interstate 10 Picacho exit. The freight containers were empty at the time. No one was injured. Extensive damage to the tracks also resulted causing the rail line to remain out of service until repairs were completed, three days later.

Pinal, Arizona · Thunderstorm Wind · Sep 16, 05:20 UTC

Several trees and a light pole fell on two parked trucks in a shopping center near the intersection of Calle Verde and Avocado Blvd in La Mesa. The tree also damaged the awnings and door of the McDonalds.

San Diego, California · Thunderstorm Wind · Sep 16, 20:00 UTC

The El Cariso mesonet station recorded a wind gust of 48 mph from a thunderstorm in the area. Downwind of this station, CHP reported a tree falling onto a power line on Grand Avenue in Lake Elsinore, blocking traffic. Wind damage was also reported at Elsinore High School, with power lines down and some minor flooding.

Riverside, California · Thunderstorm Wind · Sep 16, 22:00 UTC

Interstate 10 near Piedras continued to be closed through this time period. Several portions of Gateway Drive both east and west were closed due to mud and rock slides caused by the heavy rain. Numerous water rescues were reported with the worst location in east El Paso near the intersection of Fierro and Bywood where 2 people were pulled to safety. Cars were stalled at North Mesa Street near the University of El Paso. Other areas where cars were stalled included the intersections of Cotton and Missouri as well as Gold Avenue and Elm Street. Several other major intersections in El Paso were closed by 1030pm including Montwood and Wedgewood, McRae and Gateway East, Montana and Piedras, Yarbrough and Montwood, and Hawkins and North Loop. Trans Mountain Road was closed due to flooding, heavy rain and poor visibility.

El Paso, Texas · Flash Flood · Sep 18, 03:45 UTC

Flash flooding in Nogales occurred late in the evening as Ephraim Wash flooded over Washington Ave, with 2 homes flooded and several families evacuated off of Western Ave around 2200 LST. Nogales Wash also overtopped its banks from Doe St. downstream to Chula Vista Lane. In addition, concrete slabs within the wash were damaged, leaving the International Outfall Interceptor (IOI) that carries 9-12 million gallons of raw sewage from Sonora, Mexico to Rio Rico, exposed. In Rio Rico, Sonoita Creek flooded Pendleton Drive.

Santa Cruz, Arizona · Flash Flood · Sep 18, 04:00 UTC

Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding requiring a swift water rescue at Fritz Hughes Park. A Travis County Sheriffs Deputy was reported missing around 1 AM after she called in by radio that her patrol car was being swept away by fast moving water. The 35 year old Deputy had been on patrol checking a low water crossing near the 3400 block of Fritz Hughes Park Road near Lake Austin. Her car was recovered on Thursday and her body was finally found Friday afternoon. Lower Colorado River Authority Rain gauge network reported rains in the area that totaled nearly 4 inches in 30 minutes.

Travis, Texas · Flash Flood · Sep 18, 07:00 UTC

Heavy rain fell across Eddy County and produced flash flooding near Whites City. Two vehicles were washed off of Whites City Road about 0.9 miles east northeast of Carlsbad Caverns Visitor Center. The two vehicles were trying to cross a low lying section of the road when the flood waters caused the vehicles to lose control. The driver of the first vehicle was able to get out of the vehicle. The driver of the second vehicle swam to safety. The passenger of the second vehicle was reported missing and the body was later found. This flooding resulted in one fatality. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate.

Eddy, New Mexico · Flash Flood · Sep 19, 04:30 UTC

Heavy rain fell across Eddy County and produced flash flooding southeast of Whites City. The National Guard was continuing to provide assistance in getting supplies to, and extracting, a 48 person work crew that sheltered in place overnight south of Whites City Road due to rising flood waters. The cost of damage is a very rough estimate.

Eddy, New Mexico · Flash Flood · Sep 20, 17:14 UTC

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A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.

Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.

• Tropical cyclone report, National Hurricane Center
• Every advisory and discussion NHC issued while it was live
• Best track as KMZ, National Hurricane Center
• Wikipedia article: Hurricane Odile