Monsoon thunderstorm knocks out power and more throughout Phoenix-area

PHOENIX — A thunderstorm around the Valley brought power outages and more on Friday.

APS and SRP both reported outages.

@Howard_J_Shaw We've got 1600 customers out. Team is working on it; no restoration estimate yet. Check http://t.co/42Ikw4ZWkz for updates

— APS (@apsFYI) August 8, 2015

Storm alert: We have about 3,580 customers without power. Crews are working to restore ASAP Updates: http://t.co/nNVYE8IZfU #azwx

— Salt River Project (@SRPconnect) August 8, 2015

The storm’s weather alerts from the National Weather Service began around 2:30 p.m. in Pinal County and the warnings came to Maricopa County around 5:00 p.m. The storm rolled through the afternoon and still brought rain later on.

Several trees were knocked down across the city as the rain continued into the night.

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