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| National
Weather Service Forecast Office |
| Tucson,
Arizona |
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| Cyclone: |
Hurricane
Javier |
| Date
it affected AZ: |
September
18-19, 2004 |
| Affected
Arizona as...: |
Remnants
(dissipated over southern Sonora, Mexico) |
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| Once a
mighty category 4 hurricane, Javier approached the southwest Baja coast
as a minimal tropical storm on September 19 before sweeping across central
Baja California and into Sonora before dissipating. Although the low level
portion of the depression never made it into Arizona, considerable moisture
and the mid level remnant of Javier was picked up an upper level trough
moving into California. As the moisture spread into southeast Arizona on
the 18th, several severe thunderstorms developed across southeast Arizona.
One of the storms caused the first suspension of an NCAA football game due
to lightning. Parts of southeast Arizona received 1 to 3 inches of rain
from either the severe thunderstorms on the 18th, or from the heavy rain
which fell with the mid level remains of Javier over Cochise County on the
19th. |
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