Arizona, 2003

Heavy 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.

Where it happened

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  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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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 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 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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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.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

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.

What these are

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.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Arizona in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, July 2003

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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5378237.