A parade of El Nino-inspired Pacific storms swept through Arizona last week, soaking Fountain Hills with more than two inches of rain.

Areas toward the northwest part of the community, Eagles Nest and farther west, received more than three inches.

At Fire Station #1 on Palisades Boulevard at Avenue of the Fountains, the county Flood Control District monitoring site received 2.6 inches between late Tuesday and mid-day Friday.

Other county rain gauges in the central part of town had similar readings. At The Times’ office on Laser Drive the rain gauge collected 2.8 inches over the week.

With the rain spread out over much of the week there were minimal problems with flooding. The heaviest showers on Thursday left washes running rapidly across some street crossings, but there were no incidents or injuries reported resulting from the weather.

The culvert construction project on Ashbrook Wash at Saguaro Boulevard and Bayfield Drive was shut down for a couple of days until the water stopped running and the ground began to dry out.

The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office was closely monitoring McDowell Mountain Road between Fountain Hills and Rio Verde and issued a caution to motorists where the water flows across in several places. The road was not closed to traffic.

Town public works officials were also busy monitoring the effects of the storms, paying close attention to wash crossings.

Town personnel were also interested in the performance of the drainage improvements that were part of the Saguaro Boulevard reconstruction project. This string of storms was the first test of the improvements.

Development Services Director Paul Mood said he was generally pleased with the way the water drained from the street. Some minor flooding occurred at the Saguaro intersection with Avenue of the Fountains, and it will be monitored through future storm events, according to Street Supervisor Justin Weldy.

This type of soaking rain also results in people discovering their roof will not keep the moisture on the outside.

Shane Hagan, with Hagan Construction Roofing in Fountain Hills, was busy Friday checking out problems clients were having.

“With a rain like this you get a lot of leaking through stucco and around windows,” Hagan said.

“The underlayment on tile roofs can’t handle this much water.”

In most cases the roofing issues cannot be repaired until the roof and material has had time to dry out.

Tonto National Forest officials announced that to the wet and snowy conditions they would be closing forest roads within the forest boundary going into this past weekend.

Weather forecasters said the strength of this year’s El Nino in the Pacific would likely bring a wet winter to the west, and while earlier storms this season kept farther north this past week is an indication Arizona can be in the crosshairs for additional storms in the coming weeks and months.