Brief thunderstorms, heavy rain and hail hit Valley

The Valley was hit by brief runs of thunderstorms with heavy rain and hail on Sunday.

The National Weather Service reported that rain was moving through the Phoenix area in the late morning and thunderstorms would follow in the afternoon.

11AM: Rain moving thru Phoenix area now, next area starting around 1PM. May see a few T-storms this afternoon. #azwx pic.twitter.com/BZXLxYAwxK

— NWS Phoenix (@NWSPhoenix) April 10, 2016

A few thunderstorms rolling into the Phoenix area through 2 PM. Brief heavy rain and wind gusts to 35 mph. #azwx pic.twitter.com/ydu2jV8WM8

— NWS Phoenix (@NWSPhoenix) April 10, 2016

The storm moved into downtown and central Phoenix around noon Sunday, moving from the west.

Arriving with the heavy rain and thunderstorms was hail in some areas of the Valley.

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According to 12 News, more than 2,600 APS customers were without power in the early afternoon. The outage was due to a downed power line issue. Those outages were reduced to only eight customers around 4:30 p.m.

The third mostly brought only light rain.

Mostly light rain left over Phoenix area with a break coming soon. May have more isolated activity after 4PM. #azwx pic.twitter.com/zBvKkWioun

— NWS Phoenix (@NWSPhoenix) April 10, 2016

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