Arizona, 2006

Damaging Wind in Arizona, June 25, 2006

June 25, 2006 · NWS VEF · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
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  • Marine and coastal
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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 Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 25, 3:15 PM MST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 3:15 PM MST, 3 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
315 PM PDT SUN JUN 25 2006

.SYNOPSIS...MOISTURE WILL SLOWLY INCREASE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT
BASIN AND MOHAVE DESERT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK RESULTING IN
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL
COOL THROUGH WEDNESDAY...BUT STILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL.
&&

.SHORT TERM...STRONG HIGH REMAINS OVER THE CWA WITH CENTER OVER WEST
CENTRAL NEVADA AT THIS TIME WITH A SLIGHT NORTHWEST/SOUTHEAST AXIS.
POSITION OF HIGH OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WILL BE THE DETERMINING
FACTOR ON MOISTURE FLOWING INTO THE CWA THUS AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT. CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON BEING LIMITED TO MAINLY EAST
OF MOHAVE COUNTY. FLOW AROUND RIDGE HOWEVER LIKELY TO BRING SOME
ISOLATED ACTIVITY INTO MOHAVE COUNTY THIS EVENING AND WILL INCLUDE
SLIGHT CHANCE THROUGH 06Z. RIDGE BECOMES MORE NORTH/SOUTH BY 00Z
TUESDAY AND SHOULD KEEP A WEAK CAP OVER THE AREA SO DO NOT
ANTICIPATE CONVECTION FOR MONDAY. MOISTURE HOWEVER SHOULD BEGIN TO
INCREASE SLIGHTLY WHICH WILL TRANSLATE TO A LITTLE COOLER...BY A
DEGREE OR SO ON MONDAY SO WILL NOT CONTINUE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING.
BY TUESDAY RIDGE TO BE CENTERED OVER DESERT SOUTHWEST WITH BOTH
NAM/GFS SHOWING GOOD MOISTURE INTRUSION INTO THE CWA. ORIENTATION OF
RIDGE WITH MOISTURE TO THE SOUTH/EAST OF THE AREA LOOKS GOOD SO
ISOLATED AFTERNOON/EVENING CONVECTION ACROSS THE AREA FOR TUESDAY
AFTERNOON. FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS WILL NEED TO MONITOR IT APPEARS
THAT MOST CONVECTION WILL BE ON THE DRY SIDE. HOWEVER DO NOT BELIEVE
AREAL COVERAGE WILL BE MET...SO WILL HOLD OFF ON FIRE WEATHER WATCH
FOR NOW. INCREASE CLOUDS/CONVECTION TO ALLOW FOR AN ADDITIONAL BIT
OF COOLING INTO TUESDAY...BUT TEMPS TO REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL INTO THE
MIDDLE OF THE WEEK.

.LONG TERM...LITTLE CHANGE IN THINKING FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST AS
HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS FURTHER EAST ALLOWING FOR MORE MOISTURE TO BE
DRAWN NORTHWARD INTO THE AREA. WEDNESDAY STILL LOOKS LIKE THE MOST
ACTIVE DAY OF THE WEEK AS PW VALUES APPROACH AN INCH AND A QUARTER
TO NEARLY AN INCH AND HALF OVER THE FAR SOUTHERN CWA. LIS RANGE
FROM 0/-2 DEG C ALONG WITH A GOOD THETA E AXIS OVER THE EASTERN
AREAS OF THE CWA. HAVE KEPT THE FORECAST THE SAME WITH CHANCE POPS
OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND SLIGHT CHANCE POPS OVER THE REMAINING
AREAS. HIGH CENTER SLOW TO SHIFT EAST THURSDAY...BUT IT LOOKS LIKE
MORE OF A SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE
CWA. THIS SHOULD ALLOW FOR DRIER AIR TO WORK INTO THE AREA AND
CONFINE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE CWA...ALTHOUGH
COVERAGE SHOULD BE LESS. BY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...ONLY MOHAVE COUNTY
AND PORTIONS OF LINCOLN COUNTY WILL SEE THUNDERSTORMS AS THE
SOUTHWEST FLOW BECOMES STRONGER AND THE HIGH CENTER WEAKENS.
TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO COOL SLIGHTLY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WITH THE
ADDITIONAL CLOUD COVER...BUT RECOVER ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WITH THE
DRIER SOUTHWEST FLOW.
&&

.AVIATION...TAFS AND TWEBS ADEQUATELY DESCRIBE EXPECTED WEATHER
CONDITIONS FOR AREA TERMINALS. SEE TAFS FOR KLAS... KVGT... KDRA...
KBIH... KDAG... KEED.

AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDED TAFS.
&&

.VEF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.NV...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING BELOW 4000 FEET NVZ016-017-020>022
      UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING.
.AZ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING BELOW 4000 FEET AZZ002-003-036
      UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING.
.CA...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING BELOW 4000 FEET CAZ027-028-029
      UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING.

JENSEN/GORELOW

HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS

The radar

The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 149 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:30 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Mohave

When
June 25, 6:30 PM MST to 7:15 PM MST
Where
Mohave County, 16 mi SSE of Peach Spgs
Measured
57 kt (66 mph) estimated sustained
Reported by
COOP STATION
Coordinates
35.317, -113.317

With higher gusts. One shelter destroyed, and one large tree blown down.

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.

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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: 5510863.