Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 2, 2001

Name: Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 2, 2001
Start: 2001-08-02T21:40
End: 2001-08-02T21:50
Location: Arizona

August 2, 2001 · NWS TWC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Damaging wind from a severe thunderstorm uprooted two trees and knocked a fence down.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $2,000
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.

Damaging wind from a severe thunderstorm uprooted two trees and knocked a fence down.

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 Tucson, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 2, 8:17 PM MST, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 8:17 PM MST, 1 hour 23 minutes before

SOUTHEAST ARIZONA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
815 PM MST WED AUG 1 2001

.SYNOPSIS...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY SHIFT WESTWARD
TOWARDS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES OVER THE WEEKEND...CONTINUING THE CHANCE
OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE MIDDLE
OF NEXT WEEK.

.DISCUSSION...SENDING THIS OUT EARLY AS I EXPECT ACTIVITY TO PICK UP
IN THE NEXT HOUR IN TUCSON. HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE EAST OF TUCSON WITH
MANY HEAVY RAINERS. SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF SAN SIMON EARLIER
THIS EVENING DROPPED BETWEEN THREE AND FIVE INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS
THAN TWO HOURS. MAIN THREAT OF STORMS TONIGHT WILL BE HEAVY RAIN
THAT MAY PRODUCE SOME FLASH FLOODING.

.TWC...NONE.

The radar

The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 61 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:38 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Pinal

When: August 2, 9:40 PM MST to 9:50 PM MST
Where: Pinal County, Eloy
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 32.750, -111.550

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

Every storm in Arizona in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5259999.