PHOENIX — Hail hit the northern parts of the Valley in the early evening Monday.
Shortly after, blowing dust started to moved northwest into the Valley causing low visibility on some roads and freeways.
The storm seemed to sneak up on the Valley. It began with dust around 6 p.m., and by 8 p.m., trees and power lines were down all over the Valley.
Around 6:30 p.m., the National Weather Service issued a significant weather advisory for Maricopa County until 7:15 p.m.
Arizona Department of Transportation reminds commuters to pull aside, stay alive when encountering severe weather conditions on the road.
7 a.m.
Phoenix police says the traffic signals at these intersections were knocked out by last night's storm:
24th Street and Osborn Road
19th Avenue and Thomas Road
27th Avenue and Rose Garden Lane
27th Avenue and Deer Valley Road
35th Avenue and Union Hills Drive
27th Avenue and Thomas Road
35th Avenue and Thomas Road
16th Street and Indian School Road
16th Street and McDowell Road
5 a.m.
According to APS, 80,000 customers were without power at the height of the storm. As of early Tuesday morning, that number is down to 20,000. About 7,000 SRP customers are still without power. Crews are currently in the process of restoring power to affected customers.
10 p.m.
SRP said it had about 41,000 customers out of power at the height of the storm. It was down to 39,000 outages just before 10 p.m. There is no estimated time when most of the power will be back.
A wind gust of 48 mph was measured near 27th Avenue and Lower Buckeye Road in Phoenix. The National Weather Service said there were more than 4,000 lightning strikes and over 35,000 flashes with the storms across Gila, Maricopa and Pinal counties.
9 p.m.
Now APS is reporting more than 80,000 people are out of power in the Metro Phoenix area.
8:20 p.m.
More than 60,000 people are without power in the Phoenix Metro area as storms move through the Valley, APS says. SRP is also reporting thousands of customers without power—about 42,000 in Phoenix, Tolleson, Avondale, Glendale, Peoria, Chandler, Gilbert, Queen Creek, Scottsdale, Paradise Valley, Fountain Hills, Mesa and Apache Junction.
8:15 p.m.
The Phoenix Police Department says these intersections are closed:
31st Ave and Thomas Road-- Hard closure for down power lines
43rd Avenue and Osborn Road-- Traffic signals are out
99th Avenue and Camelback Road-- Down power line
59th Avenue and Camelback Road-- A large tree is blocking southbound lanes
59th Avenue and Indian School Road-- Traffic signals are out
1732 North 35th Avenue-- A tree is blocking southbound lanes
99th Avenue and Lower Buckeye Raod-- A large tree is blocking all directions.
8:00 p.m.
The severe thunderstorm warning continues for Phoenix, Mesa, Glendale until 8:15 p.m., NWS says.
7:40 p.m.
NWS has issued a flash flood warning for Anthem, New River and Cave Creek until 10:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
Now Phoenix, Mesa and Glendale are also under a severe thunderstorm warning until 8:15 p.m., NWS says.
7:15 p.m.
There is now a dust advisory For Maricopa County until 8 p.m., NWS says. The advisory covers the majority of the Valley.
Fountain Hills, Anthem and New River are under a severe thunderstorm warning until 7:45 p.m., NWS says.
7 p.m.
A tree is blocking the center lanes on Loop 101 northbound near Raintree and a wall of dust is beginning to cover Loop 202 in Tempe.
Some good Samaritans helped remove the tree.
6:45 p.m.
NWS issued a severe thunderstorm warning for parts of Maricopa County north of Fountain Hills. NWS says winds up to 60 mph and penny-sized hail is possible.
6:30 p.m.
I-17 southbound is closed at Sunset Point area due to water in the roadway, ADOT says.
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