Thunderstorm Wind, Yuma
- When
- August 14, 9:30 PM MST
- Where
- Yuma County, Dateland
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Injuries
- 8 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 32.800, -113.530
Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 14, 1996
Several downed power poles. Eight people sustained minor injuries after the strong winds damaged numerous mobile homes in Dateland.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 8
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS PSR wrote it up.
Several downed power poles. Eight people sustained minor injuries after the strong winds damaged numerous mobile homes in Dateland. Sun Country Acres mobile home park, located two miles north of Interstate 8 on Avenue64E, reported that every mobile home in the park was damaged in some way, many having broken windows. Most of the injuries were to the head and back and cuts from broken glass.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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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: 5575563.