Phoenix – Thunderstorms that beat the Phoenix region with lanes of rain, hail, flood and theft should continue throughout the day.
“This threat will extend up to the hours of the start of the evening with several expected storm cycles,” Tom Frieders, Meteorologist of the National Weather Service (NWS) told Phoenix told Phoenix. Ktar News 92.3 FM Just before noon.
After showers arose in the northeast of the county of Maricopa and the county of Gila at the start of the morning hours, the thunderstorms began to develop on the west side around 10 am
The NWS has published a series of severe thunderstorm warnings and the warning of lightning floods while the activity of storms intensified in the region.
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“Throughout the morning, we have seen a lot of stormy activity, mainly in the Northern and West Valley, so far, with serious thunderstorms (and) rainy floods with these storms,” said Frieders.
NWS reported a hail over 1 inch.
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Thunderstorms create important problems for travelers from Sky Harbor
The thunderstorms prompted the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to the grounds on the ground towards Sky Harbor on several occasions. Consequently, the FAA has published a soil delay notice covering flights to and from Phoenix for the rest of the day.
The FAA has planned that flights to Sky Harbor will be delayed on average from 75 minutes to 7 p.m., arrivals were back more than two hours on average when the delay notice started and should decrease over the day.
In addition, the FAA said that departures have been delayed by an average of up to 45 minutes.
How much rain falls during Friday thunderstorms?
“We expect the strongest thunderstorms to continue at the start of the hours, perhaps up to at least 8 hours, but we could still see other showers and thunderstorms overnight,” said Frieders.
At noon, many regions had received more than an inch of rain, including stains in the center and south of Phoenix, Glendale, Scottsdale and Cave Creek.
More than 0.15 inch was recorded Sky Harbor International Airport, which the NWS uses for official readings of the city.
Frieders The hardest places could end up with more than 3 inches of rain at the end of the day.
“I just want to emphasize everyone with the threat of these strong precipitation and sudden floods, sudden floods can evolve very quickly when these storms move,” he said. “So, I just want to stress the reversal, not drowning, never drive through flooded roads.”
When do the floods ensure to expire the Phoenix metro?
Anticipating thunderstorms, the NWS has published a flooded watch to operate from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Although the flooded watch is limited to Friday, the possibility of rain remains in forecasts for much of the weekend.
“Chances are really falling Sunday evening, then no chance next week,” said NWS meteorologist Ted Whittock, Ktar News Friday morning.
In addition to humidity, forecasting provides high temperatures in the 90s or superior during the weekend, more than 5 degrees below normal for this period of the year.
“And then we start to warm up by Monday, but just in the 90s lower, then maybe in the middle of next week will be in the mid-90s,” said Whittock.
When does the Arizona monsoon season end?
Tuesday is the last day of the Mousson season, which takes place every year from June 15 to September 30.
Sky Harbor started on Friday with a total of 0.91 inch seasonal precipitation.
Phoenix normally obtains about 2.4 inches of rain during the monsoon season.
Ktar News 92.3 Ginia McFarland of FM contributed to this report.
