Arizona, 2024Flash Flood in Arizona, July 20, 2024
July 20, 2024 · NWS FGZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone
Monsoon moisture over northern Arizona produce scattered showers and thunderstorms. One thunderstorm produce heavy rain and flash flooding over northern Gila County.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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Monsoon moisture over northern Arizona produce scattered showers and thunderstorms. One thunderstorm produce heavy rain and flash flooding over northern Gila 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 Flagstaff, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 20, 4:30 PM MST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 4:30 PM MST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
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- When
- July 20, 5:45 PM MST to 8:45 PM MST
- Where
- Gila County, 4.25 mi NNE of Pine to 4.49 mi S of Pine
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 34.431, -111.409
Pine Creek was flowing around 3 feet deep through Pine. Pinewood Tavern at Highway 87 and Hardscrabble Mesa Road was closed due to flooding.
- 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.
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, July 20, 20241 death · 1 event
- Flash Flood and Hail in Colorado, July 20, 2024$502,000 · 1.5 in hail · 33 events
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Virginia, July 20 to 21, 2024$195,000 · 43 events
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in New Mexico, July 20 to 22, 2024$120,000 · 54 kt wind · 8 events
- Hail in Nebraska, July 20, 2024$100,000 · 3 in hail · 4 events
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in South Carolina, July 20, 2024$55,000 · 50 kt wind · 10 events
- Flood and Hail in Oklahoma, July 20 to 21, 2024$55,000 · 1 in hail · 6 events
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 20, 2024$42,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 events
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Georgia, July 20, 2024$16,000 · 2 events
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds and Waterspout in South Atlantic Coastal Waters, July 20, 20245 events
- Excessive Heat in California, July 20 to 24, 20245 events
- Flash Flooding in Georgia, July 20, 20245 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1206262.