Arizona, 2001Hail in Arizona, January 16, 2001
January 16, 2001 · NWS PSR · 2 events in 1 county or zone
1 funnel cloud, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Funnel Cloud, Maricopa
- When
- January 16, 2:40 PM MST to 2:52 PM MST
- Where
- Maricopa County, 8 mi SW of Tempe
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 33.349, -112.491 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Spotters reported the short-lived funnel cloud over the Ahwatukee-Chandler area.
Hail, Maricopa
- When
- January 16, 4:03 PM MST
- Where
- Maricopa County, Mesa
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 33.417, -111.817
Largest diameter hail was reported at Higley and Main Streets.
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, January 16, 20015 injured · 1 event
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, January 16 to 17, 200118 events
- Heavy Snow in Texas, January 16 to 17, 20019 events
- Winter Storm in New Mexico, January 16 to 17, 20019 events
- Rip Current in Guam, January 16, 20011 injured · 1 event
- Frost and Freeze in California, January 16 to 18, 20014 events
- Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, January 16 to 17, 20012 events
- Winter Storm in Kansas, January 16, 20012 events
- High Wind in Utah, January 16, 200152 kt wind · 1 event
- Frost and Freeze in Delaware, January 16, 20011 event
- Winter Storm in Colorado, January 16, 20011 event
- High Wind in Alaska, January 16 to 17, 200164 kt wind · 1 event
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5227955, 5227956.