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Eventdex · Cold & Wind Chill

UPPER GILA RIVER AND ARAVAIPA VALLEYS

287521

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Event typeevent_typeFrost/Freeze
NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id287,521
Episode IDepisode_id47,100
Begin UTCbegin_utc2011-02-03T05:00:00+00:00
End UTCend_utc2011-02-04T01:00:00+00:00
StatestateARIZONA
County/zone typecz_typeZ
County/zone namecz_nameUPPER GILA RIVER AND ARAVAIPA VALLEYS
Deaths directdeaths_direct0
Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect0
Injuries directinjuries_direct0
Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect0
Damage propertydamage_property300.00K
Damage cropsdamage_crops0.00K
Weather forecast office sourcewfo_sourceBroadcast Media
Episode narrativeepisode_narrativeAn unusually cold air mass had a significant impact on Southeast Arizona.
Event narrativeevent_narrativeTemperatures dropped into the single digits across the Gila River Vally with wind chills dropping as low as -10 degrees. As a result, a water main line broke at Fifth Avenue and Second Street. More than 100 calls were received by Safford Utility in response to frozen pipes that later turned to broken pipes. Safford Fire Department responded to more than a dozen calls for malfunctioning sprinkler systems. Some businesses that received minor water damage were the Arizona Credit Union, the Veterans Administration Office and Thriftee Supermarket. ||In Thatcher, the Fire Department responded to the Thatcher school where sprinkler systems and backflow preventers in several buildings burst. ||Pima also had numerous water lines burst as a result of the cold. One pipe burst at the entrance to the Pima Fire Station. The Graham County Jail also had water damage sustained in the honor pod by a broken pipe.||Fire Departments in Safford, Thatcher and Pima also responded to fires involving space heaters and candles used to keep water pipes from freezing.
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