1970 - The greatest natural disaster of record for Arizona occurred. Unprecedented rains caused rivers in central Arizona to rise five to ten feet per hour, sweeping cars and buildings as far as 30 to 40 miles downstream. Flooding claimed the lives of 23 persons, mainly campers, and caused millions of dollars damage. Water crested 36 feet above normal near Sunflower AZ. Workman's Creek was deluged with 11.40 inches of rain in 24 hours to establish a state record. Moisture from Pacific Tropical Storm Norma led to the severe flooding.
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Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. South wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 83. South wind 3 to 8 mph.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8pm and 2am, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. Southwest wind 2 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Day: Rain showers before 11am, then showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 71. West wind 2 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51. Northwest wind 1 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 70.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 46.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 70.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 47.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 76.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 51.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 78.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 52.
Day: Sunny, with a high near 79.
Thu's High Temperature
112 at Death Valley, CA and 16 Miles Southwest If Tecopa, CA
Thu's Low Temperature
28 at Peter Sinks, UT
Deep Water, also known historically as Deepwater, is a census-designated place on the Kanawha River in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 183 (down from 280 at the 2010 census). It is best known as the starting point of the Deepwater Railway founded in 1898 by William N. Page, which was merged to create the Virginian Railway in 1907.
Located near the head of navigation of the Kanawha River just a short distance downstream from Kanawha Falls, it may have been named for that reason. However, according to local legend, as recounted by H. Reid in The Virginian Railway (Kalmbach, 1961), it was named by Squire James Galsepy Kincaid and other locals on a rainy day in 1871 as a commentary on the standing groundwater outside the new post office along Loup Creek.
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