Severe storms bring flooding, high winds, heavy rain to metro Phoenix

PHOENIX — Fast-moving storms billowed through metro Phoenix on Monday afternoon, bringing rain, thunder and hail.

However, by around 3:15 p.m., the main cell of the damaging storm had moved out of the Valley, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).

“It does look like there’s a few cells actually trying to form again on the southwest side, so we still have to watch out for maybe some isolated cells probably through, probably, like 6 o’clock, 8 o’clock this evening,” NWS meteorologist Katherine Berislavich told KTAR News 92.3 FM.

Additionally, a flood watch remains in effect across the Valley until 8 p.m.

SRP and APS each reported multiple outages, leaving over 27,000 customers in the East Valley, Phoenix, Paradise Valley and Scottsdale without power as of 4 p.m.

Will there be any storm activity overnight in metro Phoenix?

Anyone in metro Phoenix expecting a heavy downpour throughout the night shouldn’t hold their breaths, according to Berislavich.

“For the overnight hours, we’re not expecting a whole lot for at least the Valley,” she said. “It looks like most of the activities should, for the overnight hours, stay (in) kind of the higher terrain to the north and east of the Valley.”

Earlier in the day, a series of short-term localized thunderstorm warnings were issued as the storms moved from the East Valley north into Phoenix, Scottsdale and surrounding areas.

NWS also issued multiple flash flood warnings for Mesa, Chandler, Scottsdale, Paradise Valley and Tempe.

Tempe was hit especially hard as a microburst brought winds as fast as 70 mph to the city, damaging multiple structures.

Despite the heavy rain that drenched the Valley on Monday, Tuesday is expected to be dry.

“Tomorrow should be dry. We’re not expecting anything in the Valley tomorrow at all,” Berislavich said.

She said the rainfall totals at Sky Harbor International Airport, which the NWS uses for its rainfall readings in Phoenix, was 0.23 inches.

Meanwhile, some parts of Scottsdale received as much as 0.95 inches, while Tempe received as much as 0.75 inches, according to the Maricopa County Flood Control District.

KTAR News 92.3 FM’s Balin Overstolz McNair contributed to this report.

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