Thunderstorm Wind, Yavapai
- When
- September 27, 9:05 PM MST
- Where
- Yavapai County, Wagoner
- Coordinates
- 34.600, -112.554 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A microburst completely ripped a roof off a house.
Hail and Damaging Winds in Arizona, September 27, 1995
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- $100,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Yavapai
- When
- September 27, 9:50 PM MST
- Where
- Yavapai County, Prescott
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.600, -112.554 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dime-size hail covered the ground 1.5 inches deep and was accompanied by heavy rain.
Hail, Maricopa
- When
- September 27, 11:00 PM MST
- Where
- Maricopa County, Queen Creek
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 33.349, -112.491 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A wet microburst hit the town of Queen Creek. A tree was blown over onto a house. A large potato storage shed was destroyed. Wood and metal from the shed along with hail were blown into 12 nearby school buses damaging them all. An office roof was torn off at Queen Creek High School. The high school also had four other roofs and numerous air conditioning units damaged as well as broken windows. An estimated 4,000 to 6,000 acres of cotton in nearby fields were destroyed by wind and hail.
Thunderstorm Wind, Maricopa
- When
- September 27, 11:00 PM MST
- Where
- Maricopa County, Chandler
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.349, -112.491 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
An automated weather station recorded an 82 mph thunderstorm gust.
Thunderstorm Wind, Maricopa
- When
- September 27, 11:00 PM MST
- Where
- Maricopa County, Queen Creek
- Coordinates
- 33.349, -112.491 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A wet microburst hit the town of Queen Creek. A tree was blown over onto a house. A large potato storage shed was destroyed. Wood and metal from the shed along with hail were blown into 12 nearby school buses damaging them all. An office roof was torn off at Queen Creek High School. The high school also had four other roofs and numerous air conditioning units damaged as well as broken windows. An estimated 4,000 to 6,000 acres of cotton in nearby fields were destroyed by wind and hail.
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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: 10316462, 10316463, 10316363, 10316364, 10316365.