Heavy Rain in Arizona, July 22, 2013

Name: Heavy Rain in Arizona, July 22, 2013
Start: 2013-07-22T14:00
End: 2013-07-22T15:00
Location: Arizona

July 22, 2013 · NWS TWC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

5 and 2 inches of precipitable water over southeast Arizona. A disturbance triggered northeast moving thunderstorms that produced heavy rain and ponding of water in Pinal County.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $15,000
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 happened

The episode as NWS TWC wrote it up.

Upper level high pressure over the Four Corners area and resultant southeast flow kept abundant moisture between 1.5 and 2 inches of precipitable water over southeast Arizona. A disturbance triggered northeast moving thunderstorms that produced heavy rain and ponding of water in Pinal County.

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 22, 9:20 AM MST, 4 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 9:20 AM MST, 4 hours 40 minutes before

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The radar

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Event by event

1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Pinal

When: July 22, 2:00 PM MST to 3:00 PM MST
Where: Pinal County, 0.67 mi ESE of Toltec to 0.67 mi NW of Eloy
Property damage: $15,000
Reported by: Broadcast Media
Coordinates: 32.776, -111.609

Thunderstorms produced 1 to 2 inches of rain in less than an hour over parts of Eloy. Without sufficient drainage, water quickly ponded, flooding streets and yards. Water was a foot deep in some streets, stranding several vehicles. Damage due to flooding of homes was minimal, but extensive areas of mud were left on streets and in yards.

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

Every storm in Arizona in 2013 Every state in 2013 This day in weather history Warnings in Arizona, July 2013

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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 456988.