Flash Flood, Pima
- When
- August 27, 4:45 PM MST to 5:30 PM MST
- Where
- Pima County, Tucson
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 32.097, -111.790 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Arizona, August 27, 1996
Heavy rain from thunderstorms hit the Tucson area with flash flooding in many washes. The southwest side and northeast side of Tucson were hit hardest.
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.
- 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
- $50,000
- 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 TWC wrote it up.
Heavy rain from thunderstorms hit the Tucson area with flash flooding in many washes. The southwest side and northeast side of Tucson were hit hardest. One fireman was injured while checking if a car that had been washed off Harrison Road had anybody in it. The Ajo and Mission Road areas received 2.5 inches of rain in 45 minutes.
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:43 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Flood in Massachusetts, August 27, 1996
- Flash Flood in South Carolina, August 27, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, August 27, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, August 27, 1996
- Flash Flood in South Carolina, August 27, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, August 27, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, August 27, 1996
- Tornado in Maryland, August 27, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, August 27, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, August 27, 1996
- Waterspout in Florida, August 27, 1996
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: 5572910.