Tornado, Yuma
- When
- July 31, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Yuma County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 33.670, -114.230
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Arizona, July 31, 1983
7 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
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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
7 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Yuma
- When
- July 31, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Yuma County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.720, -114.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Yuma
- When
- July 31, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Yuma County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.730, -113.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Yuma
- When
- July 31, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Yuma County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.730, -113.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Maricopa
- When
- July 31, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Maricopa County
- Coordinates
- 33.350, -111.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Maricopa
- When
- July 31, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Maricopa County
- Coordinates
- 33.300, -111.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Maricopa
- When
- July 31, 8:38 PM CST
- Where
- Maricopa County
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.530, -112.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Mohave
- When
- July 31, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Mohave County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.450, -114.370
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 31, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 31, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 31, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 31, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, July 31, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 31, 1983
- Tornado in Kansas, July 31, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 31, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Utah, July 31, 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: 9980424, 9980641, 9980642, 9980643, 9980644, 9980645, 9980646, 9980647.