Arizona, 2005

Heavy Rain in Arizona, February 18, 2005

February 18, 2005 · NWS PSR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 heavy rain, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • 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 Phoenix, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 18, 4:00 PM MST, 3 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 18, 4:00 PM MST, 3 hours before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 18, 6:13 AM MST, 12 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
613 AM MST FRI FEB 18 2005

AZZ021>024-190100-
GREATER PHOENIX AREA-NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-
SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY/TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS-
WEST CENTRAL DESERTS-
613 AM MST FRI FEB 18 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND
SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA...INCLUDING THE GREATER PHOENIX AREA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SEE
PRODUCT PHXFFAPSR FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
THERE WILL BE SHOWERS LIKELY ON SATURDAY...ALONG WITH SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN. A CONTINUED CHANCE FOR SHOWERS
WILL EXIST ON SUNDAY...AND AGAIN FROM MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
NIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON TUESDAY...AND SOME MAY
BE ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LIKELY
WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY.

AZZ020-025>028-CAZ030>033-190100-
IMPERIAL COUNTY-JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK/JTNP/-
LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA-
NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY-
RIVERSIDE COUNTY/EASTERN DESERTS-SOUTHWEST DESERTS-
SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND VICINITY-
613 AM MST (513 AM PST) FRI FEB 18 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH
CENTRAL ARIZONA AS WELL AS FAR SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

SHOWERS WILL INCREASE TODAY...BECOMING NUMEROUS BY AFTERNOON
ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE BY AFTERNOON...AND THEY WILL LIKELY RESULT IN LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY...
AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE. THERE WILL BE A CONTINUE CHANCE
FOR SHOWERS ON SUNDAY...THEN AGAIN MONDAY AND TUESDAY. ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...MAINLY ON TUESDAY...WHICH MAY
PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LIKELY ON
WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY.

BRECKENRIDGE

The radar

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Event by event

1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Gila

When
February 18, 7:00 PM MST
Where
Gila County, 20 mi S of Globe
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
33.800, -110.812 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Rock slide reported along Arizona Route 77 due to heavy rainfall and rapid runoff.

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 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, February 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: 5442092.