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Arizona gets soaked by tropical storm remnants

Scattered storms possible on Friday

The Valley got plenty of weather action late Thursday and early Friday as the remnants of Tropical Storm Mario raced through the region.

The storm provided limited rain in most of the Valley, measuring amounts of between 0.04 and 0.2 inches, but higher elevations saw up to 1.5 inches, according to meterologist David Trampp with the National Weather Service.

The tropical storm system began pushing through the region about 11 p.m. Thursday night, bringing a lot of moisture to the area. Storms started forming over Queen Creek and began moving northwest, Trampp said.

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Arizona gets soaked by tropical storm remnants

Scattered storms possible on Friday

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The Valley got plenty of weather action late Thursday and early Friday as the remnants of Tropical Storm Mario raced through the region.

The storm provided limited rain in most of the Valley, measuring amounts of between 0.04 and 0.2 inches, but higher elevations saw up to 1.5 inches, according to meterologist David Trampp with the National Weather Service.

The tropical storm system began pushing through the region about 11 p.m. Thursday night, bringing a lot of moisture to the area. Storms started forming over Queen Creek and began moving northwest, Trampp said.

Much of it had cleared out by the morning, but the county was still seeing rain, Trampp said.

"Some of that stuff is still going on in northern Maricopa County," he said.

APS reported that around 3 a.m., approximately 1,800 customers in Metro Phoenix area were without power due to lightning activity in the area.

APS spokesperson Jssica Del Rincon said that the 1,800 customers had their power restored by 5 a.m.

SRP reported no outages due to the storm. 

The National Weather Service is forcasting some potential for rain Friday afternoon and early evening, but Trampp said that it should not be as severe as the previous night.

"It's already starting to fade and move up the northeast," he said.

Valley cities and towns saw limited rain compared with some spots around Arizona during the past 24 hours.

According to rainfall data from the Maricopoa County Flood Control District,  Gillespie Dam saw 1.57 inches  near Gila River at Old US 80. Willow Springs Wash, Camp Creek, Middle Rawhide Wash, Stagecoach Wash, Cave Creek, Middle Campe Creek, Desert Hills Wash, Mt. Union and Sonoran Wash all saw more than an inch of rain in the past 24 hours,  according to the Flood District's daily prescipitation report.

Deer Valley Airport, Deer Valley and Seventh Ave., just missed an inch of rain, but has seen 6.22 inches in 2025.

So far this year, Towers Mountain about 3 miles northwest of Crown King recorded 15.28 inches of rain. 

For a full list of rainfall to-date, visit https://alert.fcd.maricopa.gov/alert/Rain/htmlprec.txt. Data is preliminary and unedited. 

The  highest recorded rainfall to pour down on the Valley happened Sept. 30, 2016, according to the flood district. Parts of Maricopa County saw over three inches of water in an hour.

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