Arizona, 2006Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 4, 2006
July 4, 2006 · NWS TWC · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $3,000
- 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 Tucson, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 4, 2:10 PM MST, 5 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 2:10 PM MST, 5 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
210 PM MST TUE JUL 4 2006
.SYNOPSIS...SUFFICIENT MOISTURE WILL REMAIN OVER SOUTHEAST ARIZONA
FOR A CONTINUED CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE WEEK.
&&
.DISCUSSION...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SE AZ THIS
AFTERNOON WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FAR WRN PIMA COUNTY WHERE THIS AREA
WAS VOID OF PRECIP ECHOES. MOST ACTIVITY REMAINING OVER AND/OR NEAR
MOUNTAINS...WITH CELL MOVEMENT GENERALLY NWWD ONLY AROUND 5 KTS OR
LESS. PIMA COUNTY ALERT GAUGE VALID 2110Z INDICATED 1.46 INCHES OF
RAIN AT MT. LEMMON...WITH OTHER AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 0.39-0.47 INCH
NEARBY.
SEVERAL SCENARIOS ABOUND FOR TONIGHT-WED. WITHOUT GOING THROUGH EACH
POTENTIAL SCENARIO...WILL SUMMARIZE WITH BELIEF THAT ANOTHER
CONVECTIVE COMPLEX WILL DEVELOP OVER NERN SONORA TONIGHT ALONG
MOISTURE AXIS DEPICTED VIA WATER VAPOR IMAGERY. ANOTHER COMPLEX OVER
FAR SRN SONORA LIKELY TO DEVELOP AS WELL...GIVEN NWWD PROGRESSION OF
UPPER LOW. 04/12Z NAM DEPICTED FAIRLY EXTENSIVE AREA OF MEASURABLE
PRECIP THIS EVENING OVER SWRN NM/FAR SE AZ AND BELIEVE THIS AREA TO
ALSO BE FAVORABLE FOR SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS. THE MAIN THREAT THIS
EVENING APPEARS TO BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS GIVEN THE VERY LIGHT
STEERING FLOW AND INCREASED AVAILABLE MOISTURE VERSUS 24 HOURS AGO.
DIFFERENCES IN NAM/GFS SOLUTIONS START AS EARLY AS WED. NAM MORE
ROBUST WITH MOISTURE/PRECIP FIELDS VERSUS GFS. WILL LEAN TOWARD NAM
SOLUTION WHICH IS INLINE WITH INHERITED FORECASTS IN DEPICTING SOME
UPSWING IN ACTIVITY MAINLY DURING THE THUR-FRI PERIOD. PER COORD
WITH WFO/S PSR/FGZ OPTED TO REFLECT SOME INCREASE IN INHERITED POPS
WED-THUR...AND WILL DEPICT SOME LINGERING MAINLY ISOLATED SHOWERS/
TSTMS DURING THE LATE-NIGHT HOURS. ALSO PER COORD WITH WFO/S PSR/FGZ
AM STILL NOT YET INCLINED TO BELIEVE THE MORE SIGNIFICANT DRYING
LATE THIS WEEKEND/EARLY NEXT WEEK VIA GFS. THUS LOW-GRADE POPS AT
LEAST STILL WARRANTED DURING THE LATTER FORECAST PERIODS AND ONLY
VERY MINOR MODIFICATIONS MADE TO THE INHERITED GRIDDED DATA FIELDS.
DAYTIME MAX TEMPS THRU THE REST OF THE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND
REMAINING CLOSE TO SEASONAL NORMALS FOR EARLY JULY. HOWEVER EXPECT
ABOVE-NORMAL MIN TEMPS TO CONTINUE THIS FORECAST PERIOD.
&&
.AVIATION...TAFS AND TWEBS ADEQUATELY COVER ALL SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
AT KTUS.
&&
.TWC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE
&&
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WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
Thunderstorm Wind, Cochise
- When
- July 4, 7:15 PM MST to 7:30 PM MST
- Where
- Cochise County, 17 mi SSW of Willcox
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 32.017, -109.950
A strong thunderstorm caused power lines to be downed in the Town of Kansas Settlement and small trees to be downed northeast of the Town of Sunsites. The strong winds were measured to be 60 mph (52 knots) by a trained spotter in the area and were estimated to be near 70 mph (61 knots) by another trained spotter.
- 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.
- Rip Current in Michigan, July 4, 20061 death · 4 injured · 1 event
- Hail in Washington, July 4, 2006$28 million · 1.25 in hail · 3 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Washington, July 4, 2006$4.2 million · 1.25 in hail · 2 events
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, July 4, 2006$1.5 million · 55 kt wind · 11 events
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Colorado, July 4, 2006$1.0 million · F0 · 4 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 4, 2006$360,000 · 1 in hail · 20 events
- Flash Flood and Hail in Virginia, July 4 to 5, 2006$242,000 · 70 kt wind · 26 events
- Flash Flooding in Texas, July 4, 2006$500,000 · 7 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 4, 2006$290,000 · 1.75 in hail · 4 events
- Damaging Wind in New Jersey, July 4, 20069 injured · 52 kt wind · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 4, 2006$200,000 · 60 kt wind · 4 events
- Damaging Winds in District of Columbia, July 4, 2006$215,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 events
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: 5523313.