Weather knocks out power at thousands of Valley homes, impacts Sky Harbor flights

PHOENIX – A Friday morning storm system caused power outages at thousands of homes across the Valley and hundreds of flight delays.

More than 3,000 Arizona Public Service customers were without electricity before 7 a.m., according to the electric utility’s outage map.

Most of the APS outages were resolved by 10 a.m., although about 250 customers in pockets of Phoenix and Scottsdale were still without electricity.

Salt River Project also reported a significant number of power outages, although not as many as APS. However, more than 1,300 SRP customers, mostly in Phoenix, were still without electricity as of midmorning.

Meanwhile, the storm created extensive disruptions at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport after the Federal Aviation Administration implemented a Traffic Management Program due to weather/low ceilings.

The Sky Harbor website showed over 300 delays and a handful of cancellations as of 10 a.m.

Power outages affect traffic near airport

In addition, a power outage affected some of the streetlights in the area west of the airport, leading officials to suggest that travelers enter from the east to avoid potential delays.

Steady rain started falling at the airport just after 5:30 a.m. The total was over 0.3 inches by midmorning.

Showers started moving into the Valley from the west before 3 a.m., kicking off Phoenix’s wettest day in months.

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