Arizona, 1998Flash Flooding in Arizona, July 23, 1998
July 23, 1998 · NWS TWC · 3 events in 2 counties and zones
2 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Funnel Cloud, Cochise
- When
- July 23, 11:55 AM MST to 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Cochise County, 10 mi W of Douglas
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 31.880, -109.751 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A funnel cloud was observed from Cochise college.
Flash Flood, Cochise
- When
- July 23, 4:50 PM MST to 5:30 PM MST
- Where
- Cochise County, 5 mi E of Sierra Vista
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 31.880, -109.751 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Mosen road closed due to 3 feet of water across roadway. Washes running bankfull.
Flash Flood, Pima
- When
- July 23, 10:00 PM MST to 11:15 PM MST
- Where
- Pima County, Marana
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.097, -111.790 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Three homes sustained water damage and the occupants had to be temporarily evacuated. A couple of streets were also flooded.
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 23, 199812 injured · $75,000 · 1 in hail · 14 events
- Lightning Strikes in Virginia, July 23, 1998$72,000 · 2 events
- Damaging Wind in New York, July 23, 1998$75,000 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Mississippi, July 23, 1998$50,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Nevada, July 23, 1998$40,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 23, 1998$35,000 · 2 events
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 23, 1998$25,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 23, 1998$19,000 · 0.88 in hail · 5 events
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, July 23, 19982 injured · $1,000 · 2 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 23, 19983 in hail · 6 events
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 23, 1998$8,000 · 5 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, July 23, 1998$5,000 · F0 · 5 events
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: 5661810, 5661811, 5661812.