National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

Scattered Severe Thunderstorms Across the Northern Plains; Fire Weather Concerns in the Western U.S.

Scattered severe thunderstorms are forecast across central and eastern North Dakota, as well as far northwest Minnesota Saturday (Slight Risk level 2 of 5). Damaging wind gusts are the primary threat. Elevated to critical fire weather conditions will persist through the weekend across the Western U.S. Isolated dry thunderstorms could lead to new fire starts over portions of the northern Rockies. Read More >

Learn about and explore a variety of historical and record-breaking weather and environmental events that have impacted the people, canyons, deserts, and mountains of northern Arizona. Each event summary includes a detailed description of the event, meteorological figures, including radar and satellite, as well as any pictures that were captured during the event by the public or NWS employees. Navigate through the tabs on this page to learn more about past significant weather events in northern Arizona.

2023

Flooding

2022

Tornadoes

2021

Flash Flooding

Tornadoes

Wildfires

Winter Weather

2020

Wildfires

2019

Flash Flooding

Severe Thunderstorms

Wildfires

Winter Weather

2018

Flash Flooding

2017

Flash Flooding

2014

Tornadoes

2013

Wildfires

2010

Think the year 2010 was a busy year for high impact weather events in northern Arizona? Well, you would be right in that recollection. Visit our 2010 homepage to view summaries of each high impact event that occurred that year!

Flash Flooding

Tornadoes

Wildfires

Winter Weather

2009

Flash Flooding

Media is free to use this event summary information. Please acknowledge the National Weather Service as the source of any information accessed from the site unless otherwise noted.