Arizona, 1999

Tornado in Arizona, September 16, 1999

September 16, 1999 · NWS FGZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
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.

The radar

The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 68 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:59 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Coconino

When
September 16, 2:00 PM MST
Where
Coconino County, Winona to 4 mi E of Winona
Rating
F0
Reported by
BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates
35.180, -111.330

A witness of this brief tornado was interviewed by a channel 3, a local TV station, the day of the event. In the interview, the witness described the rope like tornado descending from the cloud, and touching the ground twice in an open field.

What these are

Tornado
A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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: 5723391.