1 dust storm, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 Jul 29, 3:15 PM MST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AZZ020>028-CAZ030>033-300600- AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 315 PM MST FRI JUL 29 2005 SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION .SYNOPSIS... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN NEAR THE COLORADO-NEW MEXICO BORDER TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...THEN WILL MOVE INTO THE FOUR CORNERS AREA. AN EAST TO SOUTHEAST FLOW AROUND THIS UPPER HIGH WILL BRING ABUNDANT MOISTURE FROM NORTHWEST MEXICO INTO OUR REGION. THIS WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASE IN AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A MINOR DECREASE IN THE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED MONDAY AND TUESDAY...INCREASING AGAIN WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS A DISTURBANCE ROTATING AROUND THE UPPER HIGH MOVES WEST THROUGH OUR REGION. && .DISCUSSION... UPPER HIGH HAS MOVED INTO SOUTHERN CO TODAY AND WILL REMAIN IN NEAR CO/NM BORDER THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL KEEP AN E-SELY FLOW ACROSS OUR REGION. THERE IS A LARGE POOL OF MOISTURE IN NW MEXICO AND ITS CONVECTION STARTED BY MID MORNING...MUCH EARLIER THAN YESTERDAY. THIS MOISTURE HAS BEEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY EDGE NORTHWARD AND GFS SHOWS THAT THE UPPER FLOW MOVES A GOOD PORTION OF THIS MOISTURE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL AZ THEN WESTWARD ACROSS OUR REGION BY LATE SAT AND SUN. ALSO...AS NOTED IN THIS MORNINGS DISCUSSION... GOOD LOW LEVEL SURGE TOOK PLACE AT YUMA OF WHICH THIS MOISTURE HAS ALSO SPREAD OUT ACROSS THE DESERTS. 850 MB DEW POINTS OF 10C THIS MORNING AT YUM/PHX PER SOUNDING EXPECTED TO RISE TO AROUND 15C SAT/SUN. THUS WITHOUT QUESTION THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT AIRMASS OVER OUR REGION IS VERY MOIST. ADD TO THIS AN INVERTED TROF NEAR THE MEXICAN BORDER AND DISTRUBANCES ROTATING AROUND HI. THERE IS ALSO A GOOD STEERING FLOW OF E AROUND 20 KTS. THIS WILL ALL RESULT IN VERY ACTIVE THUNDERSTORMS OVER OUR REGION THIS WEEKEND. THIS MORNINGS PHX SOUNDING ALSO SHOWS GOOD CAPE SO BASED ON ALL THIS HAVE DECIDED TO INCREASE THE CHANCE OF STORMS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AZ TONIGHT. BY MON/TUES THE SE FLOW BECOMES MORE E AND BRIEFLY BRINGS IN LESS MOIST AIR FOR A POSSIBLY A BRIEF DECREASE IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. BUT BY WED/THURS MODELS SHOW A VERY STRONG VORTMAX ROTATING AROUND UPPER HIGH WHICH BY NOW IS NEAR THE 4 CORNERS. THIS VORTMAX MOVES FROM E CENTRAL AZ THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL AND SW AZ / SE CA WED/EARLY THURS. MID LEVEL STEERING FLOW IS AGAIN E AT 10-15 KTS. RESULT WILL BE AN INCREASE IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WED/THURS. && .AVIATION... DISCUSSION FOR 00Z TAFS. TAFS FOR KPHX...KIWA...KYUM...KIPL...AND KBLH ADEQUATELY DESCRIBE EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDED TAFS. && .CLIMATE... TEN YEARS AGO TODAY...IN 1995...PHOENIX SET A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE FOURTH CONSECUTIVE DAY...A RATHER UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE. THE RECORD HIGHS WERE: 116 DEGREES ON 7/26...118 DEGREES ON 7/27... 121 DEGREES ON 7/28...AND 115 DEGREES ON 7/29. THE 121 DEGREE READING ON THE 28TH WAS THE SECOND HOTTEST DAYTIME HIGH IN RECORDED HISTORY. YUMA RECORDED ITS HOTTEST TEMPERATURE IN RECORDED HISTORY...124 DEGREES...THAT SAME DAY. && .PSR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AZ...NONE. CA...NONE. DKS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX IS ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/PHOENIX
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 605 AM MST FRI JUL 29 2005 AZZ022-023-027-028-300200- GREATER PHOENIX AREA-NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY- NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY- 605 AM MST FRI JUL 29 2005 ...THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MOST OF MARICOPA COUNTY INCLUDING THE GREATER PHOENIX AREA AS WELL AS NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY... .DAY ONE...TODAY THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...DENSE BLOWING DUST... AND CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY... WITH THE BEST CHANCE THIS WEEKEND AND DURING THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...DENSE BLOWING DUST...AND CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. AZZ024-300200- SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY/TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS- 605 AM MST FRI JUL 29 2005 ...THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY AND THE TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS. .DAY ONE...TODAY THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...AND CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAY TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY. STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...AND CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. AZZ021-026-300200- SOUTHWEST DESERTS-WEST CENTRAL DESERTS- 605 AM MST FRI JUL 29 2005 ...THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF LA PAZ AND YUMA COUNTIES. .DAY ONE...TODAY THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...DENSE BLOWING DUST...AND CLOUD- TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAY TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY. STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...DENSE BLOWING DUST...AND CLOUD-TO- GROUND LIGHTNING. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. AZZ020-025-CAZ031>033-300200- IMPERIAL COUNTY-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ- LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA-RIVERSIDE COUNTY/EASTERN DESERTS- YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND VICINITY- 605 AM MST (605 AM PDT) FRI JUL 29 2005 ...THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY INCLUDING YUMA AND MARTINEZ LAKE AREA AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...DENSE BLOWING SAND OR DUST...AND CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MAINLY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY OCCUR EACH DAY. STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN... STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...DENSE BLOWING SAND OR DUST...AND CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. CAZ030-300200- JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK/JTNP/- 605 AM PDT FRI JUL 29 2005 ...THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK. .DAY ONE...TODAY THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND CLOUD-TO- GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY. STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. DG
The Yuma radar (KYUX), 25 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:27 UTC.
1 dust storm, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Near zero visibility due to dense blowing dust possibly related to an accident on I-8 near Dateland.
Power poles down at Ave 45E and County 5th.
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Every storm in Arizona in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, July 2005
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5468074, 5468073.