High Wind in Cochise County, Arizona

High Wind May 21, 2008 · Cochise County, Arizona

58 mph

Measured gust (50 kt)

Injury

$15K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

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.

The wider storm

An unusually strong late winter storm moved into Southeast Arizona with a very strong surface pressure gradient causing high winds across the area.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 94029. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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