High Wind, Greater Phoenix Area
- When
- April 29, 9:00 AM MST to 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- Greater Phoenix Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
Strong high pressure produced strong gusty winds over southeastArizona.
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 episode as NWS TWC wrote it up.
Strong high pressure produced strong gusty winds over southeastArizona.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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