Gila Bend County, Arizona
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 2018 and 2024, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
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Tornado reports
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Hail reports
0
Floods since 1996
47
All events
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Deaths
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Property damage
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NOAA's storm database records tornadoes back to 1950 and hail and thunderstorm wind back to 1955, but floods only from 1996 on. Older floods are missing here. For those, the U.S. Geological Survey's stream gauge records and flood reports are the place to look.
Most significant events
The strongest tornadoes, deadliest events and biggest damage here, up to 50.
One direct fatality was reported by the Maricopa County Department of Public Health, with their details, such as age, gender, circumstances, and exact location unavailable.
One direct fatality was reported by the Maricopa County Department of Public Health, with their details, such as age, gender, circumstances, and exact location unavailable.
Dust Storm Dust Storm
Visibility as low as a quarter mile reported in dense blowing dust from thunderstorm outflow winds in Gila Bend. No accidents nor injuries were reported.
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Dust Storm Dust Storm
Visibility down to as low as a few hundred feet was reported along I-8 west of Sentinel due to dense blowing dust from thunderstorm outflow. No accidents or injuries were reported.
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Dust Storm Dust Storm
Visibility of 100 feet or less in blowing dust from thunderstorm outflow around Milepost 81 of I-8 near Sentinel. No accidents or injuries were reported.
Dust Storm Dust Storm
Visibility of near 1000 feet in blowing dust from thunderstorm outflow reported near Tartron. No accidents or injuries were reported.
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Dust Storm Dust Storm
A photo on social media taken near mile post 118 on I-8 showed a large wall of dust/haboob moving west into the Gila Bend area. Visibility in the blowing dust was estimated less than 1/2 mile. No damage or injuries were reported.
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A video on social media showed near zero visibility in blowing dust near I-8 and Paloma Road with a strong thunderstorm outflow boundary from the southeast. This was a different outflow boundary than the one that brought a haboob into the Gila bend area an hour earlier. No damage…
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Very cold and humid conditions were in place across the central deserts during the morning hours on January 1st, in the wake of an exiting winter storm. Conditions were favorable for the formation of fog, and patchy dense fog did develop around Gila Bend. At 0840MST a trained wea…
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Dust Storm Dust Storm
Scattered thunderstorms developed over the central deserts during the evening hours on July 30th and some of the stronger storms generated gusty outflow winds in excess of 50 mph. The gusty winds generated significant amounts of dense blowing dust which led to dust storm conditio…
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Dust Storm Dust Storm
Thunderstorms developed across the deserts southwest of Phoenix during the early evening hours on July 9th; some of the stronger storms generated gusty outflow winds that generated dense blowing dust and associated dust storm conditions. At 1815MST a member of the public reported…
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Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 0 |
| 2023 | 9 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 |
| 2020 | 10 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6 | 0 |
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