Arizona, 2001

Hail and Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 25, 2001

July 25, 2001 · NWS FGZ · 2 events in 1 county or zone

A thunderstorm move through Verde Lakes (8 SE Camp Verde) with damaging wind, one inch hail and heavy rain. The strong wind split a large cottonwood tree in half and knocked large branches off other trees.

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The toll

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS FGZ wrote it up.

A thunderstorm move through Verde Lakes (8 SE Camp Verde) with damaging wind, one inch hail and heavy rain. The strong wind split a large cottonwood tree in half and knocked large branches off other trees. Heavy rain also caused two feet deep water to flow over some roads in town.

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 Flagstaff, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 25, 2:30 PM MST, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 2:30 PM MST, 2 hours before
NORTHERN ARIZONA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
230 PM MST WED JUL 25 2001

.SYNOPSIS...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES
INTO NORTHERN ARIZONA. A DRIER WESTERLY FLOW WILL DEVELOP BY FRIDAY
AND CONTINUE INTO WEEKEND. ONLY ISOLATED STORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG
THE NEW MEXICO BORDER BY THE WEEKEND...WITH MOSTLY SUNNY AND WARM
CONDITIONS ELSEWHERE.

.DISCUSSION...UPPER LOW SOUTH OF VEGAS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY
EAST TONIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE BEST DYNAMICS WITH THE
LOW WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT...WITH WEAKER DYNAMICS AND A WARMING COLD
POOL EXPECTED THURSDAY. ALL MODELS SHOWING THE PRONOUNCED DRYING
SEEN OVER SOUTHWEST ARIZONA MOVING NORTHEASTWARD WITH TIME. DO NOT
EXPECT AS RAPID A DRYING TREND AS THE AVN SHOWS...BUT DO EXPECT
ACTIVITY TO BE LESS WIDESPREAD AND FARTHER EAST THURSDAY. UPPER LOW
COMPLETELY OUT OF THE PICTURE FRIDAY...WITH A DRY AND FLAT FLOW
SETTING UP FOR THE WEEKEND. ASIDE FROM ISOLATED ACTIVITY OVER THE
FAR EASTERN ZONES...DO NOT EXPECT MORE THAN PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES.
ANY CHANCE OF A RESURGENCE OF MOISTURE WILL NOT ARRIVE UNTIL MONDAY
AT THE EARLIEST...AND THAT ASSUMES THE NEXT WEST COAST TROUGH WILL
NOT BE AS STRONG AS THE NEW AVN IS SUGGESTING. FOR NOW...WILL PUT A
CHANCE BACK INTO THE EASTERN ZONES MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...BUT
WILL LEAVE THE OTHER ZONES DRY. PETERSON.

.FGZ...NONE.

The radar

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Yavapai

When
July 25, 4:30 PM MST
Where
Yavapai County, Camp Verde
Reported by
NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates
34.600, -112.554 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Yavapai

When
July 25, 4:30 PM MST
Where
Yavapai County, Camp Verde
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates
34.567, -111.850

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.
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.

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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: 5253682, 5253683.