2018 Arizona Tornado Outbreak[]
The 2018 Arizona Tornado Outbreak was the costliest and deadliest tornado outbreak west of the Rocky Mountains leaving extreme destruction in its wake.
There were 35 Tornadoes confirmed (14 in Arizona, 5 in New Mexico 1 in Colorado, 5 in Utah, 5 in Nevada, 5 in California) and 78 people were killed.
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Confirmed Tornadoes on September 26[]
Arizona[]
F# | Location | County | Time | Path Length | Max Width | Summary |
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F0 | NW of Aguila | Yavapai | 10:46 AM | 15.31 mi | 30 yrds | Small rope Tornado. |
F2 | N of Papago | Maricopa | 10:48 AM | 17.73 mi | 500 yrds | 1 death - Strong Tornado that demolished a mobile home. |
F0 | W of Casa Grande | Pima, Pinal | 11:23 AM | 40.96 mi | 100 yrds | Unusually long lived tornado that ripped of some leaves. |
F1 | N of Phoenix | Maricopa | 11:25 AM | 4.58 mi | 100 yrds | Short tornado that caused minor roof damage. |
F4 | In Tucson | Pima, Graham, Greenlee, Grant, Catron | 12:00 PM | 241.15 mi | 1 mi | 65 deaths - (See this section on this tornado) |
F1 | In Tucson |
Pima |
12:03 PM | 16.08 mi | 145 yrds | Associated with the powerful EF4 Tornado and caused minor injuries. |
F2 | NW of Flagstaff | Coconino | 12:25 PM | 43.12 mi | 500 yrds | Went into an open area. No causalities. |
F1 | SW of Flagstaff | Coconino | 12:39 PM | 17.11 mi | 100 yrds | Went into an open area. No causalities. |
F1 | NW of Pima | Graham | 12:59 PM | 9.17 mi | 90 yrds | Went into some farms. |
F0 | N of Flagstaff | Coconino | 1:07 PM | 64.76 mi | 50 yrds | Unusually long tornado that did no known damage. |
F3 | SW of Tuba City | Navajo, Apache | 1:33 PM | 67.27 mi | .56 mi | 2 deaths - Tornado destroyed some small houses. |
F1 | NW of Supai | Coconino | 1:39 PM | 3.77 mi | 156 yrds | No damage or casualties. |
F1 | SW of Tuba City | Navajo | 1:45 PM | 9.68 mi | 700 yrds | No damage |
F3 | In Teec Nos Pos | Apache | 2:39 PM | 19.23 mi | .6 mi | 2 people were critically injured. |
Tucson EF4 tornado - At 12:00 PM, the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning near Kitt peak. The tornado rapidly intensified to an EF3 when it hit Drexel Heights and killed 4 people there. The tornado moved to the northeast at 60 MPH and moved and threw cars on the interstate. It intensified to a EF4 with winds of 170 MPH and destroyed the neighborhood of Wakefield and killed 12. It moved all across Tucson and Eventually Tanqe Verde. Even the well built expensive homes of the east side were completely swept away. It went through the Mountains and did not loose its strength of 185 MPH and destroyed the town of Duncan and killed 9 people there. It rapidly lost strength as it hit the mountains in southern new Mexico and later dissipated. That same super cell later produced an EF1 tornado in New Mexico. In the end, 65 people were killed in that tornado (58 in the Tucson area and 7 in Duncan). It is the longest, strongest, costliest, and deadliest tornado in Arizona History.
California[]
F# | Location | County | Time | Path Length |
Max Width |
Summary |
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F0 | Near Wilow Springs | Kern | 8:09 AM | 20.16 mi | 235 yards | Rope Tornado and first tornado of the outbreak |
F0 | N of Pomona | Los Angeles | 9:12 AM | 4 mi | 400 yards | Rope Tornado |
F1 | NE of Palm Springs | Riverside | 9:42 Am | 62.59 mi | 600 yards | Went in the desert |
F0 | N of Ashford Junction | San Bernardino | 9:44 AM | 3 mi | 20 yrds | Rope Tornado |
F0 | W of Kelso | San Bernardio | 9:58 AM | 4.60 mi | 46 yrds | Rope Tornado |
Nevada[]
F# | Location | County | Time | Path Length | Path Width | Summary |
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F2 | Las Vegas | Clark | 10:01 AM | 7.32 mi | .45 mi | 1 Death - Went through Northern Las Vegas and severely damaged some homes at peak strength and was the first death. |
F0 | Las Vegas | Clark | 10:03 AM | 3.72 mi | 100 yards | No damage |
F1 | NE of Henderson | Clark | 10:06 AM | 6.31 mi | 90 yards | No damage |
F0 | NW of Riviera | Clark | 10:06 AM | 4.58 mi | 30 yards | No damage |
F3 | S of Mesquite to ST George | Clark, Mojave, Washington | 10:37 Am | 42.27 mi | .9 mi | 9 Deaths - (See this section on this tornado) |
St. George EF3 - At 10:37 PM an Unstable supercell was moving south of mesquite and spawned the tornado. It Moved into arizona and caused no known damage. Then later moved into Utah. It then struck the outskirts of St George and killed 4 people in that subdivision with the 159 MPH winds. The tornado spun to the northeast and killed 5 more people before dissipating in the mountains. The tornado was on the ground for 42.27 miles and killed 9 people in St George. It is the costliest, deadliest, strongest, and widest tornado in Utah history.
Utah[]
F# | Location | County | Time | Path Length | Path Width | Summary |
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F2 | In Paragonah | Iron | 12:26 PM | 39.46 mi | 579 yards | Was not powerful enough to cause major damage |
F1 | SW of Escalante | Garfield | 1:02 PM | 14.90 mi | 100 yrds | No damage |
F0 | NE of Boulder | Wayne | 1:12 PM | 11.49 | 50 yrds | No damage |
F0 | E of Segro | Carbon | 1:38 PM | 42.29 | 400 yrds | No damage and unsually long track |
F0 | S of Dragon | Unitah, Rio Blacno | 2:02 PM | 11.25 mi | 200 yrds | No damage |
Colorado[]
F# | Location | County | Time | Path Length | Path Width | Summary |
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F0 | SE of Dove Creek | Montezua, Dolores | 2:34 PM | 13.93 mi | 100 yards | Rope tornado |
Aftermath[]
In the End, the outbreak killed 78 people and injured 1800 people. 68 of those deaths were in Arizona.
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State | Total | County |
County total |
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Arizona | 68 |
Pima Yajapai Maricopa Pinal Graham Greenlee Navajo Apache Coconino Catron Mojave |
58 0 1 0 0 7 1 1 0 0 0 |
California | 0 |
Kern Los Angeles San Bernardino Riverside |
0 0 0 0 |
Nevada | 1 |
Clark |
1 |
Colorado | 0 |
Montezua Dolores Rio Blanco |
0 0 0 |
Utah | 9 |
Iron Garfield Wayne Carbon Unitah Washington |
0 0 0 0 0 9 |