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The latest storm moving in:
They got over 1.6" yesterday at the airport, and encountered a ground stop for several hours. The south east valley got the most, west valley to the least, but well over 1" many places.
According to the NWS, Phoenix got the most rain in a single day in 7 years on Friday
The first picture is of my street and the retention basin on our community after the storm. The second is looking over my back wall as the storm rolled in.
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What Don said.
My pool gained about 1.5ā to just under the edge tiles, so yeah, it was a lot.
The entire Valley was under flash flood warnings all day.
Iām in Glendale, thereās been a lot of work over the last several years upgrading the storm drains, and it shows. Water will rise over the sidewalks as per usual, but itās gone in just a few minutes once the rain passes. You donāt have to wait an hour to go out again any more.
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It looks like weāre getting a real-life āPriscilla, Queen of the Desertā this weekend. Another inch and a half or so in the Valley expected.
For those not from āround here, our average annual rainfall is around 7-8ā. The land here just aināt built for it.
For those not from āround here, our average annual rainfall is around 7-8ā. The land here just aināt built for it.
Back in the early 2000's I did some splicing work N/W of Lake Pleasant out N Old Castle Road as a contractor.It looks like weāre getting a real-life āPriscilla, Queen of the Desertā this weekend. Another inch and a half or so in the Valley expected.
For those not from āround here, our average annual rainfall is around 7-8ā. The land here just aināt built for it.
Out in the boonie's and in August. I played out there during a couple of monsoons. Dry washes become rivers in a matter of minutes.
There are people who live in areas out there who use the washes as roads to their houses, except when it rains. They live the life of solitude but have risks doing so.
I moved here in 1977. That winter season we had 2 "100 year" floods and one "500 year" flood all within about 3 months. Back in those days, there was only TWO bridges across the usually dry Salt River. They would build approaches into and out of the river beds and they'd pave a road across the dry river bed. When it rained, it was inconvenient, but mostly passable. Then the floods came, and it would wash all of these river crossings away, paralyzing the "Valley of the Sun".
Thankfully, we're much more ready for storms and flooding these days, and rain is once again, reason to celebrate!
Thankfully, we're much more ready for storms and flooding these days, and rain is once again, reason to celebrate!
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We are heading up to Pinetop-Lakeside today. Looks like foul weather until Tuesday.It looks like weāre getting a real-life āPriscilla, Queen of the Desertā this weekend. Another inch and a half or so in the Valley expected.
For those not from āround here, our average annual rainfall is around 7-8ā. The land here just aināt built for it.