Thunderstorm Wind, Pima
- When
- July 8, 3:50 PM MST to 4:20 PM MST
- Where
- Pima County, (Dma)davis Monthan A to Tucson Intl Arpt
- Measured
- 82 kt (94 mph)
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Coordinates
- 32.170, -110.880
Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 8, 1996
A strong thunderstorm moved through the Tucson area with wind related damage. A small shed was blown through a fence and destroyed.
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
- $200,000
- 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.
A strong thunderstorm moved through the Tucson area with wind related damage. A small shed was blown through a fence and destroyed. A roof was blown off a double wide mobile home and carried across neighboring homes. Roofs were blown off and windows blown out of trailers. At Tucson International Airport, 4 airplanes were damaged and the roof was blown off a hanger. One to two feet diameter trees were snapped. A spotter 6SE of Tucson measured a 57 Kt wind. The 82 Kt wind from this storm was recorded at Davis Monthon Air Base.
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 39 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:51 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
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in New Jersey, July 8, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, July 8, 1996
- Tornado in Maine, July 8, 1996
- Damaging Wind in New Jersey, July 8, 1996
- Hail in Maine, July 8, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 8, 1996
- Flood in Mississippi, July 8, 1996
- Flood in Mississippi, July 8, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Texas, July 8, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 8, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Maryland, July 8, 1996
- Tornado in Missouri, July 8, 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: 5572717.