A low pressure system off the west coast of the United States and subtropical moisture left over from a tropical system (Karl) combined to produce heavy rain over portions of northern Arizona.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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 episode as NWS FGZ wrote it up.
A low pressure system off the west coast of the United States and subtropical moisture left over from a tropical system (Karl) combined to produce heavy rain over portions of northern Arizona.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain fell across central Navajo Country. Rainfall amounts include: 1.75 inches (15 miles south of Holbrook), 1.50 inches (north of Joseph City), and 0.93 inches (north of Snowflake).
Heavy rain fell across Gila County. A spotter a mile east of Payson reported 1.20 inches of rain overnight.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arizona in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, September 2010
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: 259998, 259999.