Storms in Arizona in 2000

263 events in 170 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arizona in 2000, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Arizona in 2000 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The year

Events: 263
Deaths: 11
Injuries: 44
Damage: $16 million
Episodes: 170

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.

By kind of event

Kind of event	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Thunderstorm Wind	53	0	5	$1.5 million
Flash Flood	36	1	0	$14 million
High Wind	27	0	0
Winter Storm	27	8	10
Hail	26	0	5	$5,000
Heavy Snow	20	0	0
Flood	19	0	4	$653,000
Wildfire	14	0	0	$50,000
Dust Storm	12	0	6	$285,000
Lightning	12	2	14	$25,000
Heavy Rain	11	0	0
Funnel Cloud	6	0	0

Every episode, month by month

January 2000

February 2000

March 2000

May 2000

June 2000

July 2000

August 2000

September 2000

October 2000

November 2000

December 2000

Every year in Arizona Every state in 2000 Tornadoes in Arizona in 2000 Warnings in Arizona in 2000 1999 2001

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.