Arizona, 1993

Tornadoes in Arizona, January 18, 1993

January 18, 1993 · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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

2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Pinal

When
January 18, 1:18 PM MST to 1:30 PM MST
Where
Pinal County, Phoenix to to Phoenix
Rating
F1
Path length
2 mi
Path width
20 yd
Coordinates
33.130, -111.650

Sheriffs Office reported tornado moving through open land.

Tornado, Maricopa

When
January 18, 1:25 PM MST
Where
Maricopa County, Phoenix
Rating
F0
Path length
0.5 mi
Path width
10 yd
Coordinates
33.349, -112.491 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

New River area residents watched this weak tornado move north.

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 10316443, 10316503.