According to the base’s official Twitter page, parts of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, among many other areas, were without power due to fallen trees and power lines at the Tucson Power Substation.

“Some base facilities, including dormitories, have lost power… Security forces and civil engineering are working to bring the system back online,” DM tweeted.

of TEP blackout map Crossed by a patchwork of red circles used to mark stopping areas.

Tucson Parks & Rec tweeted: “Many areas of Tucson were severely damaged by the storm, including our parks. We will work to repair the damage over the next few days.” said. It contained a photograph of a tree with a large root system ripped out of the ground and turned over. It didn’t say which park it was.

Many Tucson residents also took to social media to post pictures of fallen trees and massive hail across the metropolitan area, giving rather harrowing descriptions of the storm.

“Huge damage has been done to my condominium community. I heard that everyone is safe…there are 14 total of these big trees that have fallen,” a 22nd district Kolb resident tweeted.

“A brief but very powerful storm brought hail the size of a golf ball…and the wind split a tree in half and knocked over three utility poles, two of which are now at Fort Lowell and Leaning against an apartment building near Country Club,” another person tweeted.

“It was pretty scary…a power pole nearby was on fire. There was all sorts of snapping and zapping going on up and down the street…then there was the final zap. Power outage. Camino Seco and Broadway area,” said another. wrote.

“A tree completely blocking Cactus Street just north of Prince near Winterhaven.”

“Crazy winds and fallen branches” in the Sabino Valley area.

“It was the ‘wildest’ hailstorm I’ve seen in Midtown Tucson in the last 13 years!”

“Large boughs have fallen, the roof has been partially damaged, and the roof is peeling off…on the west side of Bear Canyon and north of Snyder Road.”

“Golfball-sized hail fell around Swan Road and Fort Lowell.”

One of the many areas affected by the blackout, the Albertsons on the west side of Silver Bell at Speedway, was littered with a few trees in the parking lot, leaving the surrounding residential neighborhood pitch black until 8 p.m. closed at the time.

A resident near the Speedway and Camino Seco tweeted, “It was a spectacular and terrible storm,” adding, “Whatever happens, thank you to those who came out to fix it tonight. Stay safe everyone. ‘ added.