Flood, Tucson Metro/Marana/Green Valley
- When
- October 22, 8:00 AM MST to October 23, 9:00 AM MST
- Where
- Tucson Metro/Marana/Green Valley forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Flood in Arizona, October 22 to 23, 2000
Several road closures along the Tanque Verde wash, Canada Del Oro wash, and Pantano wash due to flooding. Roughly a dozen or more road closures due to standing water around the Tucson Metro area.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $5,000
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS TWC wrote it up.
Several road closures along the Tanque Verde wash, Canada Del Oro wash, and Pantano wash due to flooding. Roughly a dozen or more road closures due to standing water around the Tucson Metro area. Homes were temporarily evacuated in Tanque Verde Canyon just east of Tucson. The International Airport in Tucson received record rainfall for the 22nd of 1.24 inches. The previous record was .23 inches in 1957. The 22nd ranks the 10th wettest day in October. Other measurements of precipitation across the Tucson area ranged from 1 inch to 2.5 inches. In the Catalina Mountains precipitation was in the form of snow. Mount Lemmon received 6 inches of snow, while Summerhaven only received 2 inches of snow.The Santa Cruz River in Cortaro crested at 10.5 feet at 1 pm on the 23rd. The flood stage is 14 feet.The Santa Cruz River in Green Valley was running bank to bank. The river crested at 7.9 feet shortly before 10 am on the 23rd. The flood stage is 15 feet.Silver Bell mountains experienced flooding. Also the Oro Blanco wash flooded.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, October 22 to 23, 2000
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, October 22 to 23, 2000
- Flood in Arizona, October 22 to 23, 2000
- High Wind in California, October 22, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, October 22, 2000
- Flood in Arizona, October 22 to 23, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Texas, October 22, 2000
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, October 22, 2000
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, October 22, 2000
- Flood in Texas, October 22, 2000
- High Surf in Hawaii, October 22 to 24, 2000
- Dense Fog in Indiana, October 22, 2000
More
Every storm in Arizona in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, October 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5161488.