Arizona Daily Star
More than 50,000 customers lost power after a monsoon storm hit Tucson Friday night, knocking down power lines, knocking down giant trees and damaging some buildings.
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.
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A Tucson police officer crosses Golf Links Road by one of several power poles that snapped near Mann Avenue during the monsoon storm that hit Tucson on July 28, 2023.
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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.
A monsoon rain and lightning show was filmed Wednesday afternoon overlooking the Catalina Mountains. Video courtesy of JD Fitzgerald
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Photo: Tucson’s 2023 Monsoon
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A monsoon storm hits the streets of Tucson, Arizona on July 28, 2023. The storm blew through shortly before sunset, snapping utility poles, cutting power lines, and dropping rain and lightning into the evening.
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A Tucson police officer crosses Golf Links Road by one of several broken utility poles near Mann Avenue during the monsoon storm that hit Tucson, Arizona, on July 28, 2023.
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Paramedics walk by one of several broken utility poles along Golf Links Road near Mann Avenue during the monsoon storm that hit Tucson, Arizona, on July 28, 2023.
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Lightning strikes the Catalina Mountains as the sun begins to set during a storm on July 26, 2023 in Tucson, Arizona.
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A train runs under a large rainbow over N. Toole Avenue in Tucson, Arizona, after the first wave of rain on July 26, 2023.
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Two lightning bolts from an evening monsoon storm flash over state and federal penitentiaries south of Tucson, Arizona, on July 25, 2023. The storm was accompanied by patches of rain.
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On July 25, 2023, lightning strikes the foothills of Catalina Mountains, a rain chamber on the northwest side of Tucson, Arizona. The storm encompassed the central part of the valley and passed mainly through the south and southeast sections of the city.
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A thunderstorm from an evening monsoon storm hits south of the state and federal penitentiaries along Wilmot Road in Tucson, Arizona, July 25, 2023.
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On July 25, 2023, an arcing bolt of lightning spotted the ground near the state and federal penitentiaries south of Tucson, Arizona, as a monsoon storm rained down a canyon.
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A composite of five images of multiple lightning strikes in a 10-minute period during a monsoon storm hitting state and federal penitentiaries in southern Tucson, Arizona, on July 25, 2023.
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Rain clouds hang over a North Fourth Avenue construction site before heavy rains begin on July 23, 2023 in Tucson, Arizona.
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Cars drive down E. Broadway Boulevard. Plenty of rain in Tucson, Arizona, July 23, 2023.
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Torrential rain hits the parking lot on July 23, 2023 on S. Park Avenue in Tucson, Arizona, as customers wait in their cars for the storm to pass.
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On July 21, 2023, a monsoon storm slowly swept through downtown Tucson, Arizona, turning the sky red and causing a bit of lightning. Light, wind, and a little rain in the city center, with most of the storm hitting just south.
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Hotel McCoy hits monsoon lightning

A lightning and monsoon storm at the Hotel McCoy, 720 W. Silverlake Rd., Tucson, Arizona, July 21, 2023, caused a slight impact on Free Film Fridays and the opening of the night’s feature film Clueless. Delayed start. But the pool was off limits.
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Lightning strikes downtown Tucson, Arizona on July 21, 2023 as a monsoon storm hits the valley. Again, rain fell mainly on the south side of the city, with a band of rain falling along the eastern edge along the foothills of Rincon Mountain.
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On July 19, 2023, lightning struck northwest of Gates Pass, one of the last interspersed rain cells of the monsoon storm that bypassed south of Tucson, Arizona. Most of the cell slid south of town. , rain and sporadic lightning hit the Tucson Estate and west along the Ajo Highway.
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Aurora Apodaca (left) laughs while playing with Oscar Stamp in the aftermath of a monsoon storm on the west side of Tucson Monday afternoon.
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Laura Stamp helps her daughter Magda soak her feet in a monsoon storm Monday afternoon on the west side of Tucson.
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People use plastic garbage bags to protect themselves from a monsoon storm as they head to a bus stop along St. Mary’s Road Monday afternoon.
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People use plastic garbage bags to protect themselves from a monsoon storm as they head to a bus stop along St. Mary’s Road Monday afternoon.
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A man walks down St. Mary’s Road as the monsoon storm finally hits Tucson Monday afternoon.
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Husband Josh prepares for the rain on July 13 at a city sandbag yard in the east parking lot of High Corbett Field, Tucson, Arizona, to load the next bag. Ruth Estrada handles the knotting while you get a bucketful of buckets. 2023. The number of bags per vehicle is limited to 10 of his, and those carrying luggage must bring their own shovel. Pima County has a 20-piece baggage limit at his 11 locations in the area: 16091 W. Universal Ranch Rd.–Alibaka Fire Station. E. Snyder Road and N.Lason Ln. E. Carter Canyon Road and N. Sabino Canyon Parkway – Mount Lemmon. 3885 E. Golder Ranch Dr. — Fire Station in Catalina. N. Pima Canyon Dr. and E. Ina Rd. E. Dawson Road and S. County Club Road. 1313 S. Mission Road — Pima County Mission Yard. S. Camino Verde and W. Ajo Hwy. – Fire Station; Trico Road and Silver Bell Road. – Fire Station; 6625 N. Sandario Road – Fire Station; N. La Canada Dr. and Paseo del Chino in Green Valley.
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Tony Burton ties up one of his freshly filled sandbags in anticipation of an upcoming monsoon storm at a city self-serve site on the east side of High Corbett Field in Tucson, Arizona, July 13, 2023. .
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Tucson, Arizona, July 11, 2023, lightning strikes at the Pima County Fairgrounds as the first major monsoon storm of the season hits the southeastern region. Much of the Vail area also received heavy rainfall.
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A serpentine bolt of lightning struck near the Pima County Fairgrounds in Tucson, Arizona, on July 11, 2023, as dampness from the first monsoon of the season hit the southeastern part of the valley.
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On July 11, 2023, lightning strikes south of the Pima County Fairgrounds as the first significant monsoon storm of the year hits areas south and east of Tucson, Arizona.
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The sun sets behind Saguaro near Greasewood Road and Ankrum Road, Tucson, Arizona, July 11, 2023, with some scattered clouds in the background, the first of the monsoons to arrive in the area You can see the signs.
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