9OYS Weather
After the haboob: High winds leave mess behind
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A wild weather day in Southern Arizona left a lot of people picking up the pieces. 9OYS found a 20 foot tree blown over onto a car. Video by kgun9.com
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Michael King shared this photo of a funnel cloud near Rio Rico
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Michael King shared this photo of a funnel cloud near Rio Rico
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Michael King shared this photo of a funnel cloud near Rio Rico
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Michael King shared this photo of a funnel cloud near Rio Rico
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Dust storm on I-19 courtesy of Hayley Winn
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Jennifer Jacobs took this picture of what she thought might be a haboob, on her way to Circle K.
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Dan Pinard shared this photo of the dust storm as it came through his place.
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Mount Lemon from Rodger and Campbell
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Mount Lemon from Rodger and Campbell
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Wind storm photo from Priscilla Hernandez
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Wind storm photo from Priscilla Hernandez
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Amy Rice sent in this photo of a haboob.
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Barbara Fox shared this picture of hail in the Bisbee, San Jose area around 2pm.
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Barbara Fox shared this picture of hail in the Bisbee, San Jose area around 2pm.
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Taken from the 8th floor of the tower at 1 South Church (fka Unisource Energy Tower)
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Taken from the 8th floor of the tower at 1 South Church (fka Unisource Energy Tower)
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Looking north from Belvedeer & Drexel. Where did the freeway go?
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In the middle of the dust storm
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Rio Rico hail storm
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This is from Rio Rico looking south towards Nogales. It was hailing so hard I was stuck in my Truck out in the driveway. I had to put the sunshade over my head and make a run for the front door.
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Hail storm in Tubac
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Hail storm in Tubac
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Hail storm in Tubac
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Hail storm in Tubac
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Hail in Douglas
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I took these pictures while working in Douglas today...lots of hail.
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I took these pictures while working in Douglas today...lots of hail.
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I took these pictures while working in Douglas today...lots of hail.
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Hail in Douglas
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Hail in Douglas
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Hail outside Cochise County complex in Bisbee on Melody Lane..3:00PM....storm on track to the School House Fire
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HABOOB seen for Sabino Mountain neighborhood
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HABOOB seen for Sabino Mountain neighborhood
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HABOOB seen for Sabino Mountain neighborhood
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HABOOB seen for Sabino Mountain neighborhood
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HABOOB seen for Sabino Mountain neighborhood
Reporter: Marcelino Benito
TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) - A wild weather day in Southern Arizona left a lot of Tucsonans picking up the pieces. From shingles flying off roofs to a tree falling on top of an SUV, it was all the aftermath of a dust storm that packed a punch.
"I don't really know what to think," Andy Gomez said. "I don't think it's sunk in yet."
Gomez came home Wednesday night to a 20 foot tree right on top of his SUV.
"That's my truck," Gomez said. "It's pretty much gone."
Winds in excess of 50 miles per hour throughout the day were to blame for the damage outside Gomez's house. The tree was uprooted from the ground by the winds and blown over onto the car parked out front. Neighbors in the area couldn't believe what the storm left behind.
"I was just in shock that the wind was strong enough to knock down that tree," neighbor Ashley Rance said. "
Rance lives right across the street from Gomez. No trees were blown down in her front yard, but she tells 9OYS the gusty winds made for a tricky day.
"It was a lot of cleaning up," Rance said. "A lot of things were found on the street and in our garden. We lost a couple baby shoes out here too. They're just gone."
It's not the only thing the winds blew away. Just a few blocks east of Rance's her roof. 9OYS reporter Marcelino Benito asked Simpson what she thought when she saw the damage.
"I just looked at it and said that's my roof," Simpson said. "The neighbors said it just happened and I just missed it."
She tells 9OYS it's going to take a few days to get it fixed. In the meantime, she's placed a tarp over the roof for the night. As for Gomez, she tells 9OYS the SUV may be totaled, but it could have been a lot worse.
"My neighbor was putting her baby to sleep," Gomez said. "It fell not on her house, not on our house, but on something that was highly replaceable."
Neighbors say this is one haboob they will not forget anytime soon.
"I've never seen anything like that here," Rance said. "You see dust devils in the distance or on TV, but never right down your street."
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