Thunderstorm Wind, Cochise
- When
- July 28, 6:20 PM MST to 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- Cochise County, Sierra Vista
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 31.550, -110.300
Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 28, 1998
Thunderstorm winds blew the metal roof off a garage and into the windshield of a nearby truck, shattering the windshield and causing extensive damage to the garage. A few trees were also blown down and several power poles and lines were damaged causing electrical outage to 1200 customers.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- 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.
Thunderstorm winds blew the metal roof off a garage and into the windshield of a nearby truck, shattering the windshield and causing extensive damage to the garage. A few trees were also blown down and several power poles and lines were damaged causing electrical outage to 1200 customers. Heavy rains caused high flows in area washes.
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 49 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:18 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Cochise
- When
- July 28, 6:45 PM MST to 9:00 PM MST
- Where
- Cochise County, Sierra Vista
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 31.880, -109.751 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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.
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 28, 1998
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- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 28, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 28, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 28, 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: 5661813, 5661814.