Thunderstorm Wind, La Paz
- When
- August 3, 12:18 AM MST
- Where
- La Paz County, Bouse
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.933, -114.000
Utility power poles and trees blown down.
Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 3, 2005
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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 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 Phoenix, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 2, 9:40 PM MST, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 9:40 PM MST, 2 hours 38 minutes before
AZZ020>028-CAZ030>033-031100- AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 940 PM MST TUE AUG 2 2005 SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION .SYNOPSIS... MONSOON CONDITIONS OVER THE SOUTHWEST WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. THIS MEANS THERE WILL BE A THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AT MOST PLACES EACH DAY...WITH THE GREATEST CHANCES BEING DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. HOWEVER...STORM CHANCES WILL DECREASE OVER SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND FAR WESTERN ARIZONA COMPARED TO RECENT DAYS...WHILE SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA HAS AN IMPROVED CHANCE...MOST NOTABLY TONIGHT. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE NOT ANTICIPATED TO CHANGE MUCH FROM DAY TO DAY...EXCEPT IN LOCALES WHICH RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT RAIN. && .DISCUSSION... CONTINUED WEAKNESS ALOFT (300 MB AND ABOVE) AS MINOR EASTERLY WAVES FROM NEW MEXICO AND NORTH CENTRAL MEXICO MOVE INTO AZ...COMBINED WITH PLENTIFUL MONSOON MOISTURE...WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT FOR MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EARLY NIGHTTIME THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE... ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. IT WILL BE HARD TO DISCERN EXACTLY WHERE THE STORMS WILL DEVELOP EACH DAY. FORECASTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN UPDATED FOR CURRENT WEATHER AND TRENDS THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT CONSIDERING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AZ WILL PROPAGATE WEST THE NEXT FEW HOURS. && .AVIATION... DISCUSSION FOR 06Z TAFS. THUNDERSTORMS WITH DOWNBURST AND WIND SHEAR POTENTIAL WILL CONTINUE IN THE KPHX AND KIWA TERMINAL AREAS THROUGH 08Z. TAFS FOR KPHX...KIWA...KYUM...KIPL...AND KBLH ADEQUATELY DESCRIBE EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDED TAFS. && .PSR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AZ...NONE. CA...NONE. VASQUEZ NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX IS ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/PHOENIX
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 5:40 AM MST, 18 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 540 AM MST TUE AUG 2 2005 AZZ020>023-025>028-CAZ031>033-030700- LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ-WEST CENTRAL DESERTS- NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-GREATER PHOENIX AREA- YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST DESERTS- SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY- NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY- LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA-RIVERSIDE COUNTY/EASTERN DESERTS- IMPERIAL COUNTY- 540 AM PDT TUE AUG 2 2005 /540 AM MST TUE AUG 2 2005/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...NOT TO INCLUDE THE HIGHER TERRAIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. THE STRONGEST STORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH...ALONG WITH DENSE BLOWING DUST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY VERY LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED IN THE WEATHER PATTERN THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE JUST ABOUT ANY DAY...WITH FLASH FLOODING AGAIN THE MAIN THREAT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AZZ024-030700- SOUTHERN GILA/TONTO NF FOOTHILLS- 540 AM MST TUE AUG 2 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE HIGHER TERRAIN PORTIONS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. THE STRONGEST STORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY VERY LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED IN THE WEATHER PATTERN THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE JUST ABOUT ANY DAY...WITH FLASH FLOODING AGAIN THE MAIN THREAT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CAZ030-030700- JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK- 540 AM PDT TUE AUG 2 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. THE STRONGEST STORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY VERY LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED IN THE WEATHER PATTERN THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE JUST ABOUT ANY DAY...WITH FLASH FLOODING AGAIN THE MAIN THREAT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ESTLE
The radar
The Yuma radar (KYUX), 171 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:19 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 3, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 3, 2005
- Flash Flood in Wyoming, August 3, 2005
- Flash Flood in Wyoming, August 3, 2005
- Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, August 3, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, August 3, 2005
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 3, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 3 to 4, 2005
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, August 3 to 4, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 3, 2005
- Flash Flooding in South Dakota, August 3, 2005
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 3, 2005
More
Every storm in Arizona in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, August 2005
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: 5473558.