Thunderstorm Wind, Maricopa
- When
- August 14, 5:30 PM MST
- Where
- Maricopa County, (Gbn)gila Bend Muni
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 33.283, -112.283
Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 14, 2001
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- 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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Phoenix, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 14, 4:05 PM MST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 4:05 PM MST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
AZZ020>028-CAZ030>033-150545- SOUTHWEST ARIZONA/SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 405 PM MST TUE AUG 14 2001 .SYNOPSIS... ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS EVENING...OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ARIZONA. MEANWHILE... DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR OVER SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA WILL LIMIT EVENING STORMS TO THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. . UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE PUSHING IN FROM THE WEST WILL LEAD TO HIGHER DAYTIME TEMPERATURES BUT LESS HUMIDITY. DRIER AIR EXPECTED TO INFILTRATE MOST OF ARIZONA BY THURSDAY...FOR DECREASING CHANCES OF DAILY THUNDERSTORMS. BY EARLY NEXT WEEK...THE HIGH WILL SHIFT TOWARD THE EAST AND WILL ALLOW MOISTURE AND THUNDERSTORMS TO RETURN TO THE FORECAST AREA. .DISCUSSION... ACTIVE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHAPING UP FOR THE ARIZONA PORTION OF THE CWA TODAY. SO FAR...VERY STRONG-LOOKING STORMS SEEM TO BE STRUGGLING TO PRODUCE SEVERE CRITERIA. BUT WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND STRONGER THAN NORMAL NORTHEASTERLY STEERING FLOW...EXPECT TO SEE STORMS PRIMARILY IN ZONES 21...22...23...AND 24 DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. SPC WILL BE ISSUING A WATCH BOX FROM THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY WESTWARD TO WESTERN MARICOPA COUNTY. PHOENIX METRO LEFT OUT OF WATCH DUE TO TIMING SINCE STORMS ARE ALREADY HERE AND WILL END SOONER. ON WEDNESDAY...STEERING FLOW REMAINS NORTHEASTERLY...BUT MOISTURE IS ADVERTISED TO RETREAT SOUTHEASTWARD. HOWEVER...THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH MOISTURE AROUND TO GET STORMS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN WHICH CAN THEN PROPAGATE INTO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA. BELIEVE AVN TOO QUICK WITH DRYING AND HAS SHOWN A BIAS IN THAT REGARD. BY THURSDAY...DRYING SHOULD LEAD TO A LOW GRADE MONSOON DAY. WITH THE DRYING WILL COME HIGHER TEMPERATURES. IN THE EXTENDED...12Z AVN SHOWS MORE OF A SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW INFLUENCING OUR CWA THAN 00Z MRF. THUS PUSHED BACK RETURN OF STORM CHANCE FOR MANY OF THE ZONES. ECMWF SUPPORTS THIS AS WELL. JAMISON
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 12:45 PM MST, 4 hours 45 minutes before
AZZ020>028-150200-
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
1245 PM MST TUE AUG 14 2001
...HAZARDOUS WEATHER POSSIBLE OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
COUNTIES IN THE RISK AREA INCLUDE:
IN ARIZONA...MARICOPA...NORTHWEST PINAL...SOUTHERN GILA...LA
PAZ AND YUMA.
THE PRIMARY HAZARDOUS WEATHER RISKS INCLUDE:
LOCALIZED VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.
STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.
JAMISONSpecial weather statement, Aug 14, 12:45 PM MST, 4 hours 45 minutes before
AZZ020>028-150200-
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
1245 PM MST TUE AUG 14 2001
...HAZARDOUS WEATHER POSSIBLE OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
COUNTIES IN THE RISK AREA INCLUDE:
IN ARIZONA...MARICOPA...NORTHWEST PINAL...SOUTHERN GILA...
LA PAZ AND YUMA.
THE PRIMARY HAZARDOUS WEATHER RISKS INCLUDE:
LOCALIZED VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.
STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.
JAMISONThe radar
The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 57 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:27 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Texas, August 14, 2001
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in North Dakota, August 14, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Texas, August 14, 2001
- Flash Flood in Colorado, August 14, 2001
- Flash Flood in Utah, August 14, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 14, 2001
- Flash Flood and Hail in Minnesota, August 14, 2001
- Wildfire in California, August 14 to 15, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 14, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 14, 2001
- Flooding in New York, August 14, 2001
- Flooding and Damaging Wind in New Jersey, August 14, 2001
More
Every storm in Arizona in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, August 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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5262755.