Thunderstorm Wind, Maricopa
- When
- August 8, 5:24 PM CST
- Where
- Maricopa County
- Coordinates
- 33.480, -112.070
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 8, 1983
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Maricopa
- When
- August 8, 5:42 PM CST
- Where
- Maricopa County
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.680, -112.080
Tornado, Maricopa
- When
- August 8, 6:18 PM CST
- Where
- Maricopa County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.480, -112.230
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Florida, August 8, 1983
- Tornado and Hail in Vermont, August 8, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, August 8, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Maine, August 8, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 8, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 8, 1983
- Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, August 8, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, August 8, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Idaho, August 8, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Wind in West Virginia, August 8, 1983
- Hail in Utah, August 8, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 8, 1983
More
Every storm in Arizona in 1983Every state in 1983This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Arizona, 1983
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 9980660, 9980661, 9980662.