A strong pressure gradient caused windy to high wind conditions across Southeastern Arizona on January 10th and 11th. A Wind Advisory was in effect from 5 PM on the 10th to 2 PM on January 11th in the mountains and from 5 AM to 2 PM Sunday for much of the valleys.
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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.
The episode as NWS TWC wrote it up.
A strong pressure gradient caused windy to high wind conditions across Southeastern Arizona on January 10th and 11th. A Wind Advisory was in effect from 5 PM on the 10th to 2 PM on January 11th in the mountains and from 5 AM to 2 PM Sunday for much of the valleys. The highest observed wind gust was 98 mph in the Santa Rita Mountains from the Mt. Hopkins RAWS on January 10th.
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 Jan 10, 1:10 PM MST, 7 hours 50 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Mt. Hopkins RAWS recorded a measured peak gust of 98 mph. No damage was reported from the high winds.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arizona in 2026Every state in 2026This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, January 2026
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: 1310514.