Thunderstorm Wind, Pima
- When
- July 5, 2:00 PM MST
- Where
- Pima County, Avra Valley
- Property damage
- $350,000
- Coordinates
- 32.550, -111.320
Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 5, 1996
Strong thunderstorm winds caused $350,000 damage to gliders and structures at Avra Valley glider airport.
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
- $350,000
- 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.
Strong thunderstorm winds caused $350,000 damage to gliders and structures at Avra Valley glider airport.
The radar
The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:01 UTC.
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
- Heat in Texas, July 5, 1996
- Flash Flood in Georgia, July 5, 1996
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 5, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Kansas, July 5, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 5, 1996
- Flood in Missouri, July 5 to 7, 1996
- Hail in Oklahoma, July 5, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 5, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 5, 1996
- Hail in Missouri, July 5, 1996
- Flood in Maine, July 5 to 6, 1996
- Hail in South Carolina, July 5, 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: 5572711.