Storm near Peoria
Friday, August 19, 2022
- Largest hail
- —none reported
- Strongest wind
- —no reading
- Tornadoes
- 0none reported
- Reports
- 1within 10 mi
1 report
- 45 mph gust (estimated)8.0 mi W of central Peoria2.5 mi NW of Bumstead · Maricopa County · Broadcast Media
A large tree was uprooted in a neighborhood near Bullard Avenue and Larkspur Drive, crashing through a cinder block wall and causing damage to the backyard of a home. No injuries were reported.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Thunderstorms on the 19th initiated across southeast Arizona and along the Mogollon Rim during the late morning/early afternoon hours before pushing into the lower elevations of south-central Arizona. A couple of upper level features, which included an area of low pressure over northern Sonora and a shortwave trough over the Great Basin, aided in ascent over the region in an environment characterized by high instability (MUCAPE 2,000 J/kg) and anomalously high moisture (PWATs 1.8-2.2). Given the moisture in place, thunderstorms were able to become efficient rainfall producers, leading to multiple reports of flash flooding across the area. No injuries were reported.