Powerful storms bring heavy rain, wind, hail, and damage to Pinal and Maricopa Counties

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) — Powerful thunderstorms passed through Maricopa and Pinal counties Saturday bringing heavy rain, wind, and hail. A family in San Tan Valley came home to the aftermath of Saturday’s thunderstorms. Strong winds uprooted trees and knocked down power poles in their yard. “Our neighbor next door calls and says “you’ve got four poles down in your front yard,” said Nancy Boyd who has lived in Arizona for 19 years. The sheriff’s department says a total of 18 power poles were damaged. The National Weather Service says wind gusts reached up to 69 miles per hour.

The storms also caused power outages. Power has been restored to all but 112 APS customers after severe thunderstorms left a total of 4,589 without power in San Tan Valley. Damage included downed power poles in the area of Hunt Highway and Tangelo Road. For a brief time, Sky Harbor Airport reported a ground stop for all flights due to the weather and many flights were delayed.

Nearly an inch of rain fell in Gilbert as the storm moved through. Temperatures dropped at Sky Harbor to 69 degrees. A tornado warning was also in effect for Pinal County near Eloy as thunderstorms made their way up north. The warning expired at 4:15 p.m.

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Members of Arizona’s Family First Alert Weather Community group on Facebook shared a number of photos and videos Saturday, including hail. The video above was taken by Cindy Wyke near 83rd Avenue and Northern in Glendale.

More rain and storms are expected to develop overnight into Sunday. Tap/click to check out our latest forecast.

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