1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Srong winds covered much of southeast. Arizona. Winds overturned half of a mobile home being transported on Interstate 10 near Benson. Winds of 40 to 50 mph were common with areas of blowing dust. Strongest winds were near Fort Huachuca where the peak wind of 62 kts was reported.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arizona in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, April 1997
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: 5595627.