High pressure remained over New Mexico with adequate moisture across southeast Arizona in east to southeast flow. Thunderstorms moved west and northwest across southeast Arizona producing damaging winds and flash flooding from the evening hours of the the 26th into the early morning hour of the 27th.
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The episode as NWS TWC wrote it up.
High pressure remained over New Mexico with adequate moisture across southeast Arizona in east to southeast flow. Thunderstorms moved west and northwest across southeast Arizona producing damaging winds and flash flooding from the evening hours of the the 26th into the early morning hour of the 27th.
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 26, 2:35 PM MST, 3 hours 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 235 PM MST SAT JUL 26 2014 .SYNOPSIS...A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE ENOUGH MOISTURE FOR SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE UPCOMING WEEK. SOME STORMS WILL GENERATE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. && .DISCUSSION...SOLID DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOUTHERN WHITE MOUNTAINS INCLUDING NORTHERN GRAHAM AND NORTHERN GREENLEE COUNTIES...OTHERWISE STORMS ARE SLOW TO DEVELOP WITH OVERALL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY STRUGGLING. 12Z SOUNDING HAD DECENT MOISTURE AT 1.37 INCHES. RIGHT AT THE MOMENT WE CONTINUE TO RELY ON CONTINUED RECYCLE OF SURGE MOISTURE WITH MODEST LOW LEVEL REINFORCEMENT. MID LEVELS HOWEVER SHOWING SOME DRYING TRENDS WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES UNDER 1 INCH IMMEDIATELY UPSTREAM EAST AND SOUTHEAST AS PER BLENDED TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATER AND GOES WATER VAPOR TRENDS. FAVORABLE TEMPERATURE PROFILE INCLUDING -7 AT H5 FROM EARLIER MAY BE SEEING A DEGREE OR TWO OF WARMING WITH FLUCTUATION OF THE SOUTHWEST QUADRANT OF THE HIGH STRENGTHENING OVER THE NEXT 6 HOURS. WE SHOULD STILL MANAGE TO COOK UP LATE DEVELOPING ACTIVITY THROUGH PORTIONS OF SANTA CRUZ AND COCHISE COUNTY TO GO WITH THE WHITE MOUNTAIN STORMS...BUT AREAS FURTHER WEST AND NORTH WILL HAVE TO RELY ON OUTFLOWS AND THINGS AREN'T EXPECTED TO GET NEARLY AS ORGANIZED TODAY. WITH SOME UNTAPPED ELEVATED CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL...KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR LATE EVENING ACTIVITY TRIGGERED BY OUTFLOWS. WE FINALLY BRING THE EASTERLY IMPULSE CURRENTLY NEAR THE BIG BEND AREA OF TEXAS INTO SOUTHEAST ARIZONA TOMORROW. THAT SHOULD HELP COOK UP A BUSY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SUNDAY. ECMWF HAS A SECONDARY HIGH CONSOLIDATION OVER SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE STATE BY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THIS WOULD TEND TO TAMP DOWN THUNDERSTORMS A BIT AND CONFINE THEM TO MAINLY SE PORTIONS OF THE STATE WHILE HEATING THINGS UP A FEW DEGREES. && .AVIATION...VALID THRU 27/21Z. ENOUGH MOISTURE FOR ISOLD/SCT -TSRA/ -SHRA THIS AFTERNOON THRU TONIGHT. EXPECT MVFR VISIBILITIES WITH +TSRA AS WELL AS POTENTIAL WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 40-45 KTS. CLOUD DECKS GENERALLY AT 8-15K FT AGL THIS AFTERNOON THRU TONIGHT E OF KTUS...SPREADING WEST OVERNIGHT WITH PARTIAL CLEARING LATE. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR TAF AMENDMENTS. && .FIRE WEATHER...MOISTURE WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO PROVIDE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS INTO AT LEAST THE MIDDLE OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. MUCH OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. EXPECT STRONG...GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS NEAR THE STRONGER STORMS. OTHERWISE...NORMAL DIURNAL WIND TRENDS WILL OCCUR WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS DUE TO DAYTIME HEATING. && .TWC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && VISIT US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...YOUTUBE...AND AT WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON MEYER/BROST
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
439 PM MST SAT JUL 26 2014
AZZ509-510-270030-
UPPER GILA RIVER AND ARAVAIPA VALLEYS INCLUDING CLIFTON/SAFFORD
AZ-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF GRAHAM AND GREENLEE COUNTIES INCLUDING HANNAGAN
MEADOW AZ-
439 PM MST SAT JUL 26 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL GREENLEE AND EASTERN
GRAHAM COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM MST...
AT 433 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED SOUTHWEST AND
SOUTHEAST OF ROSE PEAK IN NORTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY AND ALSO EAST OF
THE CLIFTON AND GUTHRIE AREA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHWEST AT
AROUND 10 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND DIME TO PENNY SIZE HAIL.
AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...MORENCI...CLIFTON AND GUTHRIE.
LAT...LON 3275 10906 3263 10934 3330 10979 3352 10921
3326 10905
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 046DEG 8KT 3325 10919
MOLLEREThe Tucson radar (KEMX), 166 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:01 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm wind gust of 58 mph was measured at the Guthrie RAWS.
Thunderstorms wind gusts damaged a railroad arm in Pima and downed two trees that in turn, fell on and damaged a fence.
Thunderstorm wind gusts downed two utility poles in Nogales.
Heavy rain on both sides of the International Border caused strong flows in Ephraim Wash. An unopened gate along the International Border fence collapsed sending an additional surge of water through Ephraim Wash which topped the Leyva Bridge and spilled onto Western Avenue in Nogales. Five people were rescued from a vehicle as they tried to flee the area. A total of 10 people from two homes were evacuated. The homes were flooded to a depth of three feet while 8 vehicles were damaged by flood waters.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arizona in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, July 2014
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: 538168, 538169, 538170, 538205, 538211.