High Wind, E Pima
- When
- February 3, 9:45 PM MST to 11:30 PM MST
- Where
- E Pima forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Property damage
- $105,000
High Wind in Arizona, February 3, 1998
A strong cold front brought high winds that blew down a tent at the annual Tucson Gem show causing around $95,000 in damage to gems and jewels. The winds also damaged power lines between Vail and Marana leaving customers without power for up to four hours.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $105,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 cold front brought high winds that blew down a tent at the annual Tucson Gem show causing around $95,000 in damage to gems and jewels. The winds also damaged power lines between Vail and Marana leaving customers without power for up to four hours. The winds also caused part of a house ceiling to collapse in west Tucson.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Cochise County
- When
- February 3, 10:00 PM MST to 11:55 PM MST
- Where
- Cochise County forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, February 3 to 6, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, February 3 to 6, 1998
- Heavy Rain in West Virginia, February 3 to 4, 1998
- Ice Storm in Nebraska, February 3, 1998
- Flood in California, February 3 to 21, 1998
- Winter Storm in West Virginia, February 3 to 6, 1998
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, February 3 to 6, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Tennessee, February 3 to 4, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, February 3 to 6, 1998
- Flood in California, February 3, 1998
- High Wind in Nevada, February 3, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Snow in North Carolina, February 3 to 4, 1998
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: 5631561, 5631560.