Tropical Storm Javier (2016)

Basin

Eastern Pacific

Dates

August 6, 2016 to August 10, 2016

Peak strength

Tropical Storm, 55 kt (63 mph)

Lowest pressure

997 mb (29.44 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

1.6

Tropical-storm-force wind reached

90 nmi (167 km, 104 mi) from the center at its widest

Eyewall radius at its peak

10 nmi (19 km, 12 mi)

Overall size

175 nmi (324 km, 201 mi) to the outermost closed isobar

Peak gust in the best track

65 kt (75 mph)

Fastest the center moved

13 kt (15 mph)

Identifier

EP112016

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

0 (0 direct, 0 indirect)

Injuries

0

Property damage

$387,000

Crop damage

none recorded

Events recorded

8 in 2 reports from 1 states and marine areas

State by state

What was recorded

5 flash flood, 3 flood.

From the Storm Events narratives, unedited.

Heavy rain of 1.5 to 2.5 inches in 90 minutes caused widespread flash flooding in Tucson and resulted in a total of 45 stranded motorist calls and 8 swift water rescues. One rescue involved a Pima County Supervisor, who was swept away in her vehicle near Ft. Lowell and Oracle Rd. Flood waters caused major road damage near Lee St. and Santa Rosa Avenue. The Stone St. underpass was flooded to a depth of 8 feet. Flash flooding also caused delays and closures along Sandario Rd in Picture Rocks. Near Silverbell Rd and Speedway Rd, multiple lower level townhouses incurred flood damage. A few residences in Green Valley suffered minor flooding.

Pima, Arizona · Flash Flood · Aug 9, 16:15 UTC

Heavy rain caused ponding of water along Highway 79 north of Park Link Drive, and caused Durham Wash and other small washes to flow across the highway, making it impassable for 2 hours. Farther south, heavy rain also occurred near I-10 along the Pinal/Pima county line. Flash flooding occurred at Pinal Air Park, where flood waters entered several buildings. Runoff flooded small washes near Red Rock and washed out Sasco Road at the Santa Cruz River.

Pinal, Arizona · Flash Flood · Aug 11, 13:00 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
• Best track as a shapefile, National Hurricane Center