Arizona, 2009

Heavy Rain in Arizona, July 1, 2009

July 1, 2009 · NWS PSR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Brief heavy rain affected parts of the Miami and Globe area.

Where it happened

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  • Tornadoes
  • 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 happened

The episode as NWS PSR wrote it up.

Brief heavy rain affected parts of the Miami and Globe area.

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 Jul 1, 5:00 PM MST, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 5:00 PM MST, 2 hours before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 2:42 PM MST, 4 hours 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
242 PM MST WED JUL 1 2009

AZZ022-023-027-028-021330-
NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-GREATER PHOENIX AREA-
SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY-
242 PM MST WED JUL 1 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL
ARIZONA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED.
THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 40 MPH...DENSE BLOWING DUST...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND
DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...DENSE BLOWING DUST...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL
AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS
EVENING.

AZZ024-021330-
SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY/TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS-
242 PM MST WED JUL 1 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST-CENTRAL
ARIZONA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

MOISTURE CONTINUES TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA...AND SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS
EVENING. HAZARDS INCLUDE GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AS WELL AS
BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. HEAVY RAIN COULD LEAD TO FLOODING OF STREAM OR
WASHES. DEADLY LIGHTNING IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE IS A CONTINUED CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH SUNDAY. EXPECT SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR TO SPREAD
INTO THE AREA NEXT WEEK FOR SLIGHT CHANCES OF STORMS. THE STRONGER
STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40
MPH...DENSE BLOWING DUST...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO
THIS EVENING.

AZZ020-021-025-026-CAZ030>033-021330-
LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ-WEST CENTRAL DESERTS-
YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST DESERTS-
JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA-
RIVERSIDE COUNTY/EASTERN DESERTS-IMPERIAL COUNTY-
242 PM MST WED JUL 1 2009 /242 PM PDT WED JUL 1 2009/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST
ARIZONA...EXTREME WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA...SOUTHWEST ARIZONA...WEST-
CENTRAL ARIZONA...EXTREME SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHEAST
CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...DENSE BLOWING DUST...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL
AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...DENSE BLOWING
DUST...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO
THIS EVENING.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX IS ON THE INTERNET AT

WEATHER.GOV/PHOENIX

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Gila

When
July 1, 7:00 PM MST to 8:30 PM MST
Where
Gila County, Miami
Reported by
Law Enforcement
Coordinates
33.400, -110.870

Streets in a small area of Miami were closed early on Thursday morning due to the runoff from heavy rains late Wednesday.

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 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, July 2009

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 181043.