Hail, Gila
- When
- July 5, 4:10 PM MST
- Where
- Gila County, Payson
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- PARK/FOREST SERVICE
- Coordinates
- 34.233, -111.333
Hail in Arizona, July 5, 2001
00 inch hail at 410 PM. There were also reports of downed trees along Highway 87 near Payson.
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 happened
The episode as NWS FGZ wrote it up.
The Payson Ranger Station reported 0.75 to 1.00 inch hail at 410 PM. There were also reports of downed trees along Highway 87 near Payson.
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 5, 2:30 PM MST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 2:30 PM MST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
NORTHERN ARIZONA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 230 PM MST THU JUL 05 2001 SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL SHIFT EASTWARD OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. AS A RESULT...A MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL DEVELOP OVER ARIZONA. LOOK FOR DAILY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN ARIZONA TO CONTINUE INTO NEXT WEEK. DISCUSSION...UPPER RIDGE CENTERED OVER COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON. MODELS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT IN MOVING THIS FEATURE EASTWARD OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS. FOR TONIGHT MID TO UPPER FLOW WILL REMAIN SOUTHEASTERLY WITH THE MAIN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER THE WESTERN THIRD OF THE COUNTY WARNING AREA (CWA) WHERE THE HIGHEST MOISTURE VALUES ARE LOCATED. THIS INCLUDES THE WESTERN MOGOLLON RIM...YAVAPAI COUNTY...THE COCONINO PLATEAU...GRAND CANYON COUNTRY AND THE KAIBAB PLATEAU. EXPECT AT LEAST ISOLATED STORM ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT IN THIS AREA. THE REMAINDER OF THE CWA WILL SEE JUST ISOLATED EVENING THUNDERSTORMS AS DRIER AIR CONTINUES TO FEED IN FROM NEW MEXICO. ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY A WEAK TROUGH (CURRENTLY ALONG THE BAJA CALIFORNIA COAST) WILL MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS WESTERN ARIZONA AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE NET RESULT WILL BE A DEEPENING AND STRENGTHENING SOUTHERLY FLOW. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA ARE IN THE 1.50 TO 2.00 INCH RANGE TODAY AND THIS MOISTURE WILL BE ADVECTED ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. AS A RESULT...COULD SEE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THREAT OF FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS THIS SEASON. OTHERWISE...WITH MORE MOISTURE AND CLOUDS DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY LOWER WITH GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS. IN THE EXTENDED...UPPER RIDGE REMAINS NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS AREA WITH MOISTURE CONTINUING TO MOVE INTO NORTHERN ARIZONA FROM THE SOUTH. AS A RESULT...A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY. MCCOLLUM .FGZ...NONE.
The radar
The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 40 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:11 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Texas, July 5, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 5, 2001
- Hail in Kansas, July 5, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 5, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 5, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, July 5, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 5, 2001
- Flash Flood in Arizona, July 5, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Idaho, July 5, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 5, 2001
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 5, 2001
- Tornado in New Jersey, July 5, 2001
More
Every storm in Arizona in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, July 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: 5253676.