First Alert Weather: Rainwater leaks into Phoenix Sky Harbor, weather causes multiple house fires
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) - Monsoon storms made their way into the Valley on Sunday evening and created problems for firefighters and Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport. Multiple tree fires believed to be caused by lightning were reported in neighborhoods in south Phoenix. The Phoenix Fire Department said crews put out at least three house fires that were caused by lightning. Two were in south Phoenix and another was in north Phoenix. In Arcadia, down power lines caused multiple fires near 45th Street and Camelback Road. The power briefly went out at an assisted living facility. No injuries have been reported. At Phoenix Sky Harbor, rainwater leaked into the area of Gate E-5 at Terminal 3. Officials say crews are assessing the damage and working on a fix to prevent it from happening again.
Two outflows, one from the northwest and another from the south, converged around 4:15 and created isolated thunderstorms. Apache Junction got the first noticeable rain with parts of Mesa getting it too. The storms hit the South Mountain area, with one spot nearly an inch of rain. Phoenix Sky Harbor got 0.18″ of rain, good enough to break the record for rain. The old record was 0.07″ of rain back in 1927. So far, it’s been the 14th wettest June on record.
Multiple tree fires believed to be caused by lightning were reported in neighborhoods in south Phoenix. The Phoenix Fire Department said crews put out at least three house fires that were caused by lightning. Two were in south Phoenix and another was in north Phoenix. In Arcadia, down power lines caused multiple fires near 45th Street and Camelback Road. The power briefly went out at an assisted living facility. No injuries have been reported.
The West Valley got a quarter of an inch of rain in some parts. Most of the Valley was under a severe thunderstorm warning but it expired at 5:45 p.m. Apache Junction and Queen Valley are under a flash flood warning until 8:00 p.m.
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