Arizona, 2003Heavy Rain in Arizona, July 29, 2003
July 29, 2003 · NWS FGZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 heavy rain, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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What forecasters said that day
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NWS Flagstaff, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 29, 9:30 AM MST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 9:30 AM MST, 4 hours 30 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 29, 9:45 AM MST, 4 hours 15 minutes before
AZZ004>018-037>040-300200-
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
945 AM MST TUE JUL 29 2003
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR APACHE...COCONINO...NORTHERN
GILA...NAVAJO...AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES IN NORTHERN ARIZONA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY
THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE. SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN TODAY. THE STRONGEST
STORMS WILL FORM OVER AREAS SOUTH OF THE RIM AND ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
LCR. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL. THE POTENTIAL
FOR SMALL STREAM FLOODING TODAY IS MODERATE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
LITTLE CHANGE IS SEEN IN THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE
REGION THROUGH THE PERIOD. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
EACH DAY. THERE WILL BE THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND THE
POTENTIAL FOR SMALL STREAM FLOODING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
DEFINITION OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER...A WEATHER EVENT POSING A THREAT
TO LIFE AND PROPERTY.
Heavy Rain, Yavapai
- When
- July 29, 2:00 PM MST to 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- Yavapai County, Dewey
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 34.600, -112.554 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A Remote Automatic Weather Station (RAWS) near the town of Cherry reported 1.65 inches of rain in one hour.
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 29, 20033 deaths · 1 injured · $30,000 · 1 event
- Heat in Nevada, July 29, 20031 death · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 29 to 30, 2003$1.2 million · 1.75 in hail · 17 events
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, July 29, 2003$200,000 · 56 kt wind · 3 events
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, July 29, 2003$100,000 · 5 events
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 29, 2003$55,000 · 50 kt wind · 3 events
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 29, 2003$50,000 · 53 kt wind · 2 events
- Heavy Rain in California, July 29, 2003$45,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 29, 20031.75 in hail · 24 events
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 29, 2003$30,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 29, 20031 in hail · 21 events
- Flash Flood in Arizona, July 29, 2003$25,000 · 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: 5378237.