It is still nearly six weeks until the calendar start of the summer monsoon on June 15, but it sure sounded like an early arrival overnight Sunday to Monday morning.
The storm that went crashing …
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Monsoon-like storm crashes Valley, FH
A portion of Saguaro Blvd. under construction was also under water Monday morning near the Baptist church.
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It is still nearly six weeks until the calendar start of the summer monsoon on June 15, but it sure sounded like an early arrival overnight Sunday to Monday morning.
The storm that went crashing through the Valley dropped up to an inch of rain in parts of Fountain Hills.
The Maricopa County Flood Control District rain gauge at the Palisades Boulevard fire station collected 1.02-inch from the storm. Farther west and north in the lower McDowell Mountains a monitoring station on Hesperus Wash received 1.10 inch.
Down the wash at Hesperus Dam there was .94 inch. The rain gauge outside The Times’ office on Laser Drive received 1.50-inch.
All other county rain gauges around the area received between a half inch and three quarter inch.
SRP reported a power outage during the storm covering roughly the area of Fountain Hills northwest and east of Palisades and Golden Eagle boulevards. Power was restored about midnight.
Areas of the Saguaro Boulevard construction area was flooded by the storm.
