Santa Cruz County, Arizona
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1998 and 2010, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
0
Tornado reports
0
Hail reports
1
Floods since 1996
27
All events
2
Deaths
$665K
Property damage
Year by year
All storm eventsTornadoes
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.
The Florida Fire was a lightning caused fire that started on July 7, 2005 in the Santa Rita Mountains about 25 miles south of the City of Tucson. The fire burned a total of 23,183 acres, injured 13 firefighters and was contained on July 21, 2005 at 6 pm MST. At the peak of the fi…
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Five inches of snow occurred near Sonoita.
Blizzard Blizzard
Blizzard conditions occurred on the mountains above 7000 feet in Santa Cruz County.
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Mount Hopkins RAWS, which is 3 miles south of Madera Canyon, measured a wind gust of 63 mph at 1:19 AM MST.
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A trained spotter measured a wind gust of 70 mph three miles northeast of Canelo at 3:10 AM MST. Strong winds caused damage to numerous power poles and lines in Santa Cruz County, causing power outages to thousands of residents in the Sonoita, Elgin and Patagonia areas. A rancher…
Wildfire burned near 5,000 acres near Fort Huachuca in Santa Cruz County. The fire burned at least four homes and six private vehicles near the west gate entrance. One injury was reported due to burns from the fire.
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A trained spotter in Rio Rico measured a wind gust of 61 mph.
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Sonoita, at an elevation of just under 5000 feet had 5 inches of snow. Meanwhile, the higher elevations of the Santa Rita mountains had in excess of one foot of snow.
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Heavy snowfall occurred in the higher elevations of the Santa Rita Mountains in Santa Cruz County.
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Rio Rico and Nogales, at an elevation below 4000 feet had about 2 inches of snow. In addition, Madera Canyon at about 5000 feet had 6 to 7 inches of snow.
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Numerous locations below 5000 feet including the Canelo area and Highway 83 had in excess of 2 inches of snowfall.
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Heavy Snow in excess of 8 inches occurred above 6500 feet in the Santa Rita Mountains.
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Four inches of snow fell in Patagonia from this event.
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A trained spotter in Sonoita, located at 4,970 feet, reported 2 inches of snowfall.
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There were reports of 10 to 12 inches of snow in the Santa Rita Mountains.
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Winter Storm Winter Storm
Santa Rita Mountains received 12 inches of snow.
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Flood Flood
Residents in Patagonia were landlocked due to flooding of the Harshaw Creek and Sonoita Creek. The Old Tucson Road flooded due to high water rises along the Nogales wash. Also, 800 feet of South River Road flooded along the Santa Cruz River.
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Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3 | 0 |
| 2009 | 4 | 0 |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
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