Arizona, 1993

Tornado and Hail in Arizona, August 24, 1993

August 24, 1993 · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

1 hail, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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

1 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Pima

When
August 24, 3:15 PM MST
Where
Pima County, Green Valley
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
32.097, -111.790 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe thunderstorms dropped large hail and up to 2.00 inches of rain between Green Valley and Amado.

Tornado, Pinal

When
August 24, 6:45 PM MST
Where
Pinal County, Oracle
Rating
F0
Path length
0.1 mi
Path width
10 yd
Coordinates
32.730, -110.900

This short-lived tornado over a remote area was observed by a tornado chaser. It touched down and lifted up several times, with lots of desert debris in the funnel.

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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

More

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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: 10316397, 10316452.