Power Outage in Parker, AZ

Several reports of thunderstorm damage across Quartzsite. The damages reported included several trailers/RVs flipped, signs blown around, trees blown over, heavy grills thrown 50 feet, storage sheds destroyed, leaning power poles. Timing estimated from radar. A wind gust of 65 mph was measured from a amateur radio user. No injuries were reported.

Isolated thunderstorms developed across portions of La Paz County during the early evening hours on August 30th; some of the storms generated gusty and damaging outflow winds. According to a local emergency manager, at 1945MST wind gusts estimated to be as high as 60 mph downed multiple power poles about 2 miles to the southwest of the town of Vicksburg. There were no injuries reported.

A powerful Pacific upper level low spread considerable moisture into the southwest Arizona deserts on March 12th, resulting in the development of scattered to numerous showers during afternoon and evening hours. There were embedded thunderstorms that helped generate heavy rain over portions of La Paz County. The heavy rain resulted in an episode of flooding over eastern portions of the county. According to county officials, at 2208MST Centennial Wash exceeded alarm stage due to flooding. This occurred near the town of Wenden. There were no reports of accidents due to the flooding.

A powerful Pacific low pressure system developing over the desert southwest interacted with deep moisture to produce widespread rain across central portions of La Paz County during the early morning hours on November 29th. Isolated thunderstorms were embedded withing the areas of rain, locally enhancing rain totals. The heavy rain led to some flash flooding near the town of Vicksburg. According to the La Paz County Sheriff's office, at 0053MST flash flooding along state route 72 caused washes along the route to flow heavily. State route 72 then became impassable at mile posts 35, 43 and 45. There were no reports of accidents as a result of the flash flooding.

A powerful Pacific low pressure system developing over the desert southwest interacted with deep moisture to produce widespread rain across central portions of La Paz County during the early morning hours on November 29th. Isolated thunderstorms were embedded withing the areas of rain, locally enhancing rain totals. The heavy rain led to some flash flooding near the town of Vicksburg. According to the La Paz County Sheriff's office, at 0053MST flash flooding along state route 72 caused washes along the route to flow heavily. State route 72 then became impassable at mile posts 35, 43 and 45. There were no reports of accidents as a result of the flash flooding.

Isolated to scattered monsoon thunderstorms developed during the evening hours in the Parker area on September 1st and some of the stronger storms produced gusty and damaging outflow winds. According to a local newspaper report, at 2150MST gusty winds estimated to be as high as 70 mph caused severe roof damage to a standalone business located near the intersection of Kofa Avenue and 4th Street, about 2 miles northwest of Parker. Additionally the paper reported that the strong winds stripped a carport awning off of a mobile home and blew the awning across some power lines. No injuries were reported as a result of the damage.

Isolated thunderstorms developed across the northwest portions of La Paz County, near the Arizona Strip and the Parker Dam, during late evening hours on July 28th. The storms generated gusty outflow winds estimated to be at least 50 mph in strength. According to a trained spotter 15 miles northeast of Parker, at 2230MST thunderstorm wind gusts blew some shingles off of a roof and the winds also downed power lines in the area just east of the Parker Dam and near Highway 95. Severe Thunderstorm Warnings were not in effect at the time.

Scattered thunderstorms developed across portions of La Paz County during the afternoon hours on August 10th and some of the stronger storms affected the Interstate 10 corridor near the town of Quartzsite. One of the stronger storms that impacted Quartzsite produced damaging microburst winds estimated to be as high as 70 mph. According to a report from the public, at 1520MST strong winds downed power lines along Main Street in Quartzsite. In addition, the winds shredded off a sheet metal roof from the building across the street from McDonald's and pieces of the roof became caught up in the remaining power lines that were left standing. This report was made via the use of social media and including at least one picture of the damage. A Severe Thunderstorm Warning was in effect at the time of the damage; it was issued at 1456MST and was in effect through 1530MST.

Intense thunderstorms developed across portions of northwest La Paz county during the late afternoon hours on July 8th, and they affected the town of Parker. The strong storms produced damaging microburst outflow winds estimated to be in excess of 80 mph. According to local law enforcement, 4 mobile homes were overturned in Parker. In addition, the gusty winds blew down power poles and caused roof damage to local residences. Fortunately, no injuries were reported.

Thunderstorms developed across portions of southwest Arizona during the afternoon hours on July 5th and they affected La Paz county communities such as Quartzsite. The storms generated gusty and damaging outflow winds; local law enforcement reported that strong winds downed power lines and also blew down a metal structure' which then fell on top of a car. Winds were estimated to be about 60 mph.

Isolated to scattered thunderstorms developed across portions of La Paz county during the afternoon hours on August 29th. The stronger storms were able to generate strong and gusty microburst winds. According to local law enforcement, at 430 pm gusty outflow winds estimated to be in excess of 50 knots blew down several power poles between mileposts 127 and 129 on U.S. Highway 95, approximately 13 miles southeast of Poston.

Scattered thunderstorms developed over central La Paz county during the evening hours on August 21st. The thunderstorms were able to generate strong, gusty and damaging microburst winds, estimated to be in excess of 70 mph. The storms prompted the issuance of a Severe Thunderstorm Warning, effective from 555 pm until 7 pm. According to a local newspaper report, at 657 pm gusty microburst winds blew down a power pole and some power lines 6 miles northeast of Brenda, along U.S. Highway 60. The downed power lines affected power to the residents of Bouse.

Intense thunderstorms developed across La Paz county during the late morning and early afternoon hours on July 31st. In addition to producing heavy rain, a few of the storms generated strong and damaging wet microburst winds, estimated to be at least 50 knots. Local law enforcement reported that power lines were down along Arizona highway 95 both north and south of Parker. The Parker airport experienced a peak wind gust to 56 mph with the storms, and according to APS, 7 power poles were downed in the Parker area.

Scattered thunderstorms developed across La Paz county during the early afternoon hours on July 14th. Due to the wet and unstable nature of the airmass, most of the storms produced heavy rain which led to episodes of flash flooding. A few storms managed to produce wet microbursts, leading to gusty and damaging winds. According to APS, an Arizona utility company, gusty winds downed several power poles along Highway 95 north of Quartzsite at about 2 pm. One pole was downed 5 miles to the north, and an additional two were downed 8 miles to the north. Peak wind gusts were estimated to be at least 50 knots.

A trained weather spotter reported several power poles downed about 5 miles southeast of Bouse. The poles were downed due to strong thunderstorm outflow winds, estimated to be in excess of 50kt.

Flood waters mainly from the Centennial Wash moved through Wenden in the early morning hours. Law enforcement began evacuating people before waters closed the local streets and roads. About 200 people took shelter at a local high school. Flood waters up to 6 feet deep took out power poles, telephone poles, trees, damaged roads and homes. The entire town of Wenden was underwater for several days. Power was restored in most areas within 2 weeks. Generally, about 3 to 5 inches of rain fell in the watershed area during the week of January 18-22.

Alamo Lake State Park reported damage to several RV's due to winds. APS power outage lasted for about 9 hours.

Several power poles blown down.

Thunderstorms with heavy rain and damaging winds moved east across the northern portion of the county. Winds blew down 6 utility power poles.

Power pole blown down.

Power poles blown down near Route 72 and McVay roads.

A powerful Pacific low pressure system spread considerable amounts of moisture into the deserts of Arizona on March 12th. The low, aided by an unstable air mass, generated widespread showers along with embedded thunderstorms. Moderate to heavy rain developed during the afternoon and evening across portions of La Paz County which resulted in an episode of flooding in far eastern La Paz County. Around 2200MST county officials reported that Centennial Wash exceeded alarm stage which would lead to flooding in the area. There were no reports of accidents due to the flooding.

A powerful Pacific low pressure system moving into the desert southwest resulted in significant rains along with embedded thunderstorms that developed across portions of La Paz County during the evening hours on November 28th. Rainfall was moderate to heavy at times and resulted in flash flooding over portions of the County; as the low slowly moved east the heavy rain and resulting flash flooding persisted into the morning hours on the 29th. Multiple Flash Flood Warnings were issued. Initially, flash flooding occurred near Quartzsite; as of 2022MST all washes were flooded out along Highway 95 and by about 2300MST flash flooding was occurring in central La Paz County. About 2 miles southwest of Vicksburg, 2 vehicles became stuck in a flowing wash. Flash flooding persisted after midnight and at 0053MST washes were running along State Route 72 with the road becoming impassable.

Isolated to scattered monsoon thunderstorms developed during the evening hours across the northwest portion of La Paz County on September 1st. Some of the stronger storms generated gusty and damaging outflow winds, estimated to be as high as 70 mph. The gusty winds produced damage just to the east of the lower Colorado River and to the south of the town of Parker. At 2149MST the public reported that at least 20 power poles were blown down about 6 miles northeast of Poston, on Mohave road between Burns and Poston Road. No injuries were reported due to the strong winds.

Thunderstorms developed across the northwest portions of La Paz County, including areas along the lower Colorado River Valley and the Parker Dam, during late evening hours on July 28th. Some of the stronger thunderstorms produced gusty and damaging outflow winds in excess of 40 mph which is typical with late evening monsoon thunderstorms. The winds blew shingles off of a roof and also downed power lines just east of the Parker Dam. No injuries were reported.

Strong thunderstorms developed across portions of La Paz County during the afternoon hours on August 10th; the stronger storms produced strong damaging microburst winds as well as locally heavy rainfall. Intense rainfall led to episodes of flash flooding which primarily affected the interstate 10 corridor from Quartzsite through Brenda. At 1617MST Flash flooding resulted in the closure of highway 95 at milepost 104 in Quartzsite; earlier at about 1500MST the eastbound lane of Interstate 10 in Quartzsite was closed due to flooding. The strong storms also produced damaging microburst winds in Quartzsite which downed power lines and shredded metal sheet roofs; damaging winds also damaged RVs east of Brenda. No injuries were reported due to the wind damage or flooding.

Scattered thunderstorms developed across portions of La Paz county during the afternoon hours on August 3rd, and they moved quickly to the north at speeds greater than 30 mph. They produced strong and gusty outflow winds which blew down power poles 20 miles to the south of Parker. The strong storms led to the issuance of multiple products such as Severe Thunderstorm Warnings and Significant Weather Advisories which covered much of La Paz county. Locally heavy rainfall was also observed with the stronger thunderstorms.

Thunderstorms developed across portions of La Paz county on during the afternoon hours on August 29th, and a few of them generated strong, gusty and damaging outflow winds. The winds, estimated to be in excess of 50 knots, blew down a number of power poles on U.S. Highway 95 in the northwest part of the county.

Thunderstorms developed over portions of La Paz county during the late morning and afternoon hours on July 31st. Due to the excessively moist and unstable nature of the atmosphere, the storms that developed produced copious amounts of rain, with rain rates in excess of 2 inches per hour. The heavy rainfall led to episodes of flash flooding, which affected the communities of Quartzside and Ehrenberg. In addition, a few storms were able to generate damaging wet microburst winds, which were strong enough to down a number of power poles in the Parker area.

Power outages were due to strong thunderstorms in rural LaPaz County.