Phoenix (3TV/CBS 5) – It rained heavily in the early morning, creating lots of thunder and lightning. Several warnings were issued over flooding concerns throughout Thursday morning. The first warning weather day was declared in the morning.
A Valley resident posted a photo and video on our First Alert Weather Facebook group of a palm tree in his Scottsdale neighborhood being struck by lightning and set on fire.
Heavy rain is hitting parts of the valley this morning.
ADOT reported heavy rain in the area of ​​Interstate 17 and Indian School Road. Always drive safely and turn when encountering such severe trough flooding.
A series of storms rising from southern Arizona began moving through the valley between 4:00 and 5:00 am, bringing very heavy rain. In just one hour, parts of Phoenix received an inch of total rainfall. The rain on the subway has almost stopped, but please be extra careful on your way to school and work this morning, and come with plenty of time to spare. A flash flood warning is still in effect until noon today in the wake of a telegraph fire in Gila County after heavy rains hit the area. stay.
Many in the valley are already waking up weak this morning. Numerous outages in the Phoenix metropolitan area have been reported, affecting approximately 5,100 of his APS customers as of 7am. Click the link below to see the APS stop map.
SRP customers across the Valley are reporting several regional outages. The utility outage affected about 1,600 customers, down to about 200 by 7am. To see SRP’s outage map, click below.
Monsoon humidity will rise again over the weekend, with a 20% chance of storms in the valley Saturday and a 40% chance of severe storms Sunday through early next week. Highs are expected to hover around 103 degrees today, rising to 105-107 degrees over the weekend.
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