Thunderstorm Wind, Maricopa
- When
- July 25, 6:57 PM MST
- Where
- Maricopa County, Queen Creek
- Measured
- 64 kt (74 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.250, -111.630
Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 25, 1996
Dozens of 60-foot power poles were knocked down and numerous reports of damage to mobile homes and rooftops.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- 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.
Dozens of 60-foot power poles were knocked down and numerous reports of damage to mobile homes and rooftops.
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
- Tornado in New Mexico, July 25, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 25, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 25, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 25, 1996
- Tornado in North Carolina, July 25, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 25, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 25, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 25, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 25, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Virginia, July 25, 1996
- Tornado in Kansas, July 25, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 25, 1996
More
Every storm in Arizona in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5563990.