Cochise County storm history

Strong winds caused a dust storm around 10:40 am along Interstate 10 near San Simon. The near zero visibilities caused an eight vehicle pile up on westbound Interstate 10 at mile post 371.8 near San Simon. The vehicles involved in the accident included two cars, a tractor trailer…

Strong winds throughout the day caused another accident due to blowing dust on Interstate 10 around 4:15 pm MST. This accident, which was a result of reduced visibilities, caused a 3 vehicle pile up on Grant Road, 10 miles north of Willcox. This tragic accident caused the fatalit…

Fort Huachuca ASOS measured a wind gust of 59 mph.

The ASOS at the Bisbee-Douglas Airport measured a wind gust of 60 mph at 12:31 PM MST. The ADOT weather station at San Simon on Interstate 10 measured a wind gust of 60 mph. Several trained spotters in Cochise County reported wind gusts near 60 mph during the late morning and aft…

Heavy snow occurred in numerous low elevation areas of Cochise County including Tombstone where 2 inches accumulated.

Blizzard conditions occurred on the Chiricahua Mountains above 7000 feet in Cochise County.

Several reports of high winds and wind damage were received from Cochise County during the afternoon and evening hours. The ASOS at Fort Huachuca measured a wind gust of 63 mph at 1:55 PM MST. At approximately 6 PM, a 70-foot transmission power pole was downed by the high winds a…

Three and one half inches of snow fell at the base of the Chiricahua Mountains at 5300 feet with considerably more snow at the top of the mountains.

ASOS at Fort Huachuca measured a wind of gust of 69 mph at 11:15 PM MST.

The ASOS at the Bisbee-Douglas Airport measured a wind gust of 59 mph at 340 pm MST.

Widespread damaging winds occurred across Cochise County during the overnight hours. Law enforcement reported winds blew out windows of some businesses in Sierra Vista. Wind gusts near 70 mph blew portions of a roof off a warehouse in Sierra Vista, with the debris striking nearby…

Strong winds associated with a passing cold front created blowing dust across Cochise county into the overnight hours. Blowing dust created limited visibility on Interstate 10, which led to a three vehicle collision about 20 miles east of Willcox. A commercial truck entered the d…

Strong west and southwest winds continued well into the evening hours as a strong cold front passed through southeast Arizona. A trained spotter measured a wind gust of 60 mph at Bisbee in Cochise county. The spotter noted moderate broken tree branches at the time, along with fly…

Law enforcement reported visibility less than 1/2 mile due to blowing dust at San Simon. Visibility of 1/4 mile in blowing dust was observed on the Arizona Department of Transportation webcam along Interstate 10 near Bowie. The peak gust at the webcam site was 46 mph.

The Douglas-Bisbee airport ASOS recorded sustained winds of 43 mph for two consecutive hours.

The Geronimo wildfire burned nearly 2500 acres of mainly grass near Sunizona in Cochise County. There were about 8 small structures burned including two vehicles.

Most of the lower elevations in Cochise county including Benson and Willcox had anywhere from 2 to 4 inches of snowfall.

Heavy snowfall occurred in the Chiracahua and Huachuca Mountains in Cochise County.

A tin roof was reported blown off of a red brick house in Elfrida due to strong winds. A man was also blown off the roof of a home in Hereford. In addition, the automated surface observing station in Douglas recorded wind gusts to 58 mph.

High winds caused the roofs to blow off homes in the towns of Willcox, Cochise and Elfrida.

The Benson area at an elevation below 4000 feet had 2-3 inches of snowfall. The Dragoon mountains also had about 3 inches of snow.

Numerous locations in Cochise County including Texas Canyon, Mescal and the Kartchner Caverns had several inches of snowfall.

Heavy snow in excess of 8 inches occurred above 6500 feet in the Huachuca and Chiricahua Mountains in Cochise County.

Strong winds off the Huachuca Mountains caused widespread damage to areas around Sierra Vista and Fort Huachuca. Damage in Sierra Vista included a roof blown off a home, a carport ripped off its foundation, numerous trees knocked down including one onto a vehicle. At Fort Huachcu…

A peak wind gust of 63 MPH was measured in Hereford, AZ.

Bisbee received nine inches of snow from this event and Sierra Vista had two to four inches.

Strong winds from nearby thunderstorms caused blowing dust which reduced visibility at several locations. A trained spotter 11 miles east northeast of the Town of Bisbee reported visibilities of 40 to 50 yards along Double Adobe Road. Law enforcement reported zero visibility at t…

Strong thunderstorms across portions of Cochise County produced strong winds that picked up large amounts of dust. At 1430 MST a trained spotter reported that the visibility was down to 1/4 mile in blowing dust near the Apache Station. The trained spotter also reported that wind …

40 knot sustained winds recorded at Douglas International Airport. Shingles ripped off of a roof and mobile home damage reported.

Visibility down to 200 yards at Douglas Fire Department.

The Huachuca and Chiricahua Mountain ranges both reported having 8 to 14 inches of snow from this event.

A spotter in the Chiricahua Mountain reported 7 inches of snow during the event.

Texas Canyon reported 3 inches of snow.

Six inches of snow fell near the Mule Pass Tunnel forcing closure of Highway 80 for several hours. Also, 2 to 4 inches of snow fell causing icy conditions on Interstate 10 and other major highways across Cochise county.

The east approach on Hereford Road and bridge was under 3 feet of water. 150 feet of Hereford Road was damaged and the north side of the road was eroded. The San Pedro River near Hereford had a height of 20 feet at the center point of the river. The San Pedro River near the Ripar…

Wind gust to 60 mph and 1/4 mile visibility in blowing dust at the Safford Airport.