Thunderstorm Wind, Cochise
- When
- August 6, 8:00 PM MST
- Where
- Cochise County, Bisbee
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 31.433, -109.917
Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 6, 2000
2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $20,000
- 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.
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:59 UTC.
Event by event
2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Cochise
- When
- August 6, 8:15 PM MST to 8:30 PM MST
- Where
- Cochise County, Palominas
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.880, -109.751 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Street flooding and damage to the Palaminas elementary school due to sheet flooding.
Flash Flood, Cochise
- When
- August 6, 8:30 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)
Street Flooding. Rain total of 1 to 2 inches in southest Cochise county.
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
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, August 6, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, August 6 to 7, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 6 to 7, 2000
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, August 6, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 6, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 6, 2000
- Flash Flood in Maryland, August 6, 2000
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Virginia, August 6, 2000
- Hail in South Dakota, August 6, 2000
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 6, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 6, 2000
- Flood in Pennsylvania, August 6 to 7, 2000
More
Every storm in Arizona in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, August 2000
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: 5176474, 5176472, 5176473.