High Wind in Tonto Basin, Arizona

High Wind April 18, 2025 · Tonto Basin, Arizona

64 mph

Measured gust (56 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

A mesonet station in the Tonto Basin measured a peak gust of 64 mph.

The wider storm

A cold front in association with an upper-level low pressure system moved southward through south-central AZ during the late afternoon and evening hours on the 18th, producing an expansive area of showers and isolated thunderstorms. As these showers moved across the region, they produced strong wind gusts in excess of 40 mph across portions of the region, with isolated reports of some minor damage as well as blowing dust.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1255341. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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