Flash Flood in Arizona, October 27 to 28, 2000

Name: Flash Flood in Arizona, October 27 to 28, 2000
Start: 2000-10-27T21:00
End: 2000-10-28T16:00
Location: Arizona

October 27 to 28, 2000 · NWS PSR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $2.0 million
Crop damage: $1.0 million
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 Phoenix radar (KIWA), 77 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:58 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Maricopa

When: October 27, 9:00 PM MST to October 28, 4:00 PM MST
Where: Maricopa County, Aguila
Property damage: $2.0 million
Crop damage: $1.0 million
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 33.349, -112.491 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The second major storm in a week left considerable flooding in both rural and urban areas. A trailer park in Aguila and another in Buckeye had to be evacuated. Homes in Peoria, Youngtown, Surprise and surrounding areas reported flooding. The hardest hit was the Ventana Lakes subdivision of Peoria. This area expeienced record or near record monthly rainfall totals; one unofficial gauge 15 miles east of Aguila registered 8.79 inches for the month! A gauge in Aguila had 5.05 inches for the month. Department of Transportation estimate of damage to roads and bridges alone was $1,000,000. Dikes and ditches in the agricultural areas sustained major damage in addition to crop losses.

What these are

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

Every storm in Arizona in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5158524.