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Storms trigger flash flood warning in the Valley Friday night

A flash flood warning is in effect until 1:30 a.m. Saturday for portions of south central and southwest Arizona.
A Phoenix CityCam facing north looks at the incoming storms Aug. 10, 2018. (Photo: City of Phoenix)

PHOENIX — Storms are moving again across the Valley Friday night after two days of active weather.

A flash flood warning was in effect until 1:30 a.m. Saturday. According to the National Weather Service, some locations that will experience flooding include Phoenix, Mesa, Scottsdale, Fountain Hills, Paradise Valley, Sugarloaf Mountain, Sycamore Creek, Ballantine Trailhead, Round Valley, Sunflower, Granite Reef Dam, Falcon Field Airport, Salt River Indian Community, Usery Mountain Park and Downtown Scottsdale.

The NWS also warned the Beeline Highway SR 87, Loop 202 Red Mountain and Loop 101 Pima freeways may experience flooding.

Just after 3 p.m., storms in Gila County and up near Flagstaff moved southwest toward the Valley.

Flash flooding is possible Friday night across the Valley. Some of the storms could produce damaging winds and blowing dust.

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FORECAST: 12ne.ws/forecast

11:05 p.m.

A dust storm warning is in effect until 11:30 p.m. as a wall of dust from Deer Valley Airport to Piestewa Peak moves west at 15 mph. Wind gusts up to 40 mph and visibility under a quarter of a mile are expected.

Torrential rain and lightning reached Downtown Phoenix.

10:57 p.m.

Strong winds, rain, dust and lightning made their way to the West Valley in the 11:00 hour.

10: 34 p.m.

Wind, rain and dust reduced visibility to near zero on Loop 101 at Indian School Road, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation. Traffic was stopped on the freeway until visibility cleared up.

10:30 p.m.

Storms will begin to impact the west Valley by 11 p.m.

9 p.m.

Two severe thunderstorm warnings are in effect. One is for a severe thunderstorm over Young moving west. The other is for severe thunderstorms along a line from 13 miles west of Seligman to seven miles southeast of Black Ranch Road to 22 miles northeast of Wikieup.

These storms are capable of producing 60 mph wind gusts, according to the NWS.

8: 30 p.m.

Lindsay Riley says strong to severe storms will enter parts of Maricopa County by 9 p.m.

8 p.m.

Storms are increasing across southern Gila County and continue to move southwest. They are expected to reach eastern Maricopa and northeastern Pinal Counties withing the next hour, according to the NWS.

7 p.m.

Things remained quiet in the Phoenix area as storms made their way into southern Gila County, the NWS said. The flash flood watch remains in effect.

4 p.m.

The NWS says winds higher up in the atmosphere are strong for this time of year, meaning storms will move quicker than normal from east to west. Forecasters are watching storms to the east and northeast of the Phoenix area as they move toward the central southern portion of the state.

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