Arizona, 2022

Flash Flood in Arizona, June 30, 2022

June 30, 2022 · NWS PSR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Abundant moisture combined with terrain features allowed for isolated thunderstorms capable of producing locally heavy rainfall to developed across parts of southern Gila County during the late afternoon and early evening hours on the 30th. One of these thunderstorms developed over the Globe area with radar estimates showing rainfall amounts in excess of 1 inch in a short amount of time.

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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.

Abundant moisture combined with terrain features allowed for isolated thunderstorms capable of producing locally heavy rainfall to developed across parts of southern Gila County during the late afternoon and early evening hours on the 30th. One of these thunderstorms developed over the Globe area with radar estimates showing rainfall amounts in excess of 1 inch in a short amount of time. As a result, flash flooding occurred in Pinal Creek, making a downstream low water crossing impassable.

The radar

The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:34 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Gila

When
June 30, 6:34 PM MST to 7:34 PM MST
Where
Gila County, 1.31 mi SSE of Globe to 1.33 mi SSE of Globe
Cause
Heavy Rain
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
33.382, -110.772

Images showed Beer Tree Crossing barricaded due to Pinal Creek running across the road. Other images also showed Walliman Road was impassable due to flooding across the roadway.

What these are

Flash Flood
Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

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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: 1042341.