Tornado, Gila
- When
- July 14, 5:10 PM MST
- Where
- Gila County, 5 mi SE of Globe
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.350, -110.730
Tornado in Arizona, July 14, 1996
A Gila County Deputy Sheriff witnessed a small tornado which remained on the ground for about 5 to 10 seconds before lifting back off the ground. The tornado moved across the ground about 100 feet.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 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.
A Gila County Deputy Sheriff witnessed a small tornado which remained on the ground for about 5 to 10 seconds before lifting back off the ground. The tornado moved across the ground about 100 feet. It went through the Alhambra Mobile Home Park and struck a mobile home, lifted it a couple feet off the ground, and then dropped it. The thunderstorm which produced the tornado caused straight-line wind damage, including damage to trees, power lines, and shingled roofs. Damage was confirmed by a NWS survey team.
The radar
The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:08 UTC.
Event by event
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, July 14, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Virginia, July 14, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Vermont, July 14, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, July 14, 1996
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 14, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Vermont, July 14, 1996
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, July 14, 1996
- Flash Flood in Colorado, July 14 to 15, 1996
- Hail in New York, July 14, 1996
- Damaging Wind in New York, July 14, 1996
- Lightning Strike in New Hampshire, July 14, 1996
- Damaging Wind in New York, July 14, 1996
More
Every storm in Arizona in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Arizona, 1996Warnings in Arizona, July 1996
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: 5563977.