Arizona, 2023Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 23 to 24, 2023
July 23 to 24, 2023 · NWS FGZ · 2 events in 1 county or zone
Monsoon moisture continued to move northward over northern Arizona with more thunderstorms developing.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Monsoon moisture continued to move northward over northern Arizona with more thunderstorms developing.
Thunderstorm Wind, Yavapai
- When
- July 23, 3:15 PM MST
- Where
- Yavapai County, 0.57 mi W of Oak Creek Canyon Arp
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 34.850, -111.790
The Sedona Airport recorded a 60 MPH peak wind gust from a thunderstorm outflow at 315 PM MST.
Flash Flood, Yavapai
- When
- July 23, 9:00 PM MST to July 24, 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Yavapai County, 1.52 mi NNW of Sycamore to 3.81 mi ENE of Childs
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 34.901, -112.086
The Verde River near Clarkdale rose from 1.59 feet to 3.84 feet between 900 PM and 1000 PM. The river remained elevated until the next afternoon.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Excessive Heat and Heat in Arizona, July 23 to 29, 2023114 deaths · 32 events
- Damaging Winds in Texas, July 23, 2023$1.0 million · 61 kt wind · 2 events
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, July 23, 2023$300,000 · 65 kt wind · 2 events
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Virginia, July 23, 2023$58,000 · 60 kt wind · 22 events
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 23, 2023$50,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event
- Flooding and Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 23, 2023$35,000 · 50 kt wind · 6 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 23 to 24, 2023$28,000 · 1.5 in hail · 7 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 23, 2023$26,000 · 1 in hail · 8 events
- Excessive Heat and Heat in Texas, July 23 to 26, 202316 events
- Hail in Illinois, July 23, 20232.5 in hail · 14 events
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in South Atlantic Coastal Waters, July 23, 202353 kt wind · 12 events
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 23, 2023$16,000 · 60 kt wind · 2 events
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: 1127163, 1127220.