State Highway 238 flooded in 20 to 30 different locations as two inches of rain swamped the normally dry washes along the road, stranding motorists.
"About eight washes got 3 to 4 feet of water," Maricopa Fire Department Battalion Chief Ken Pantoja told KPHO. "We had eight to 10 vehicles in the washes with about 20 victims."
Monsoon storm brings flooding to Gila Bend http://t.co/K9Fg8crdjw #azwx #monsoon2015 pic.twitter.com/IEYSn2VPl9
โ AZ Family (@azfamily) September 14, 2015
"They were driving through and the next thing they knew they had water through the washes," Pantoja said. "They were trying to maneuver through the washes."
I feel this one spot of heavy rain surrounded by sunlight describes Arizona weather in a nutshell. pic.twitter.com/ApkzyJ2UmE
โ Judson Tomaiko (@JTomaiko) September 14, 2015
948P Sky Harbor airport has 0.23 in. of rain so far w/ light rain now. Heavy storms & ltg. dominate far W metro #AZWX pic.twitter.com/5yHHXJfWVh
โ NWS Phoenix (@NWSPhoenix) September 14, 2015
Up to an inch of rain fell over the White Tanks Mountain, and rainfall runoff could cause possible flooding in much of Maricopa County, the National Weather Service said.
Before the monsoon swept through, much of the Salt River Valley and northern Pinal County โ southeast of Phoenix โ faced a blowing-dust advisory.
600P #CAWX Jeremy Estrada @Jsmooth575
@NWSPhoenix dust in Imperial very low visabilty pic.twitter.com/sE1xfJdS4A
โ NWS Phoenix (@NWSPhoenix) September 14, 2015
#BREAKING Weather: Dust storm warning for metro Phoenix until 8 p.m. #azwx http://t.co/Nz2XkWhENb pic.twitter.com/TAdzm3KPMe
โ azcentral (@azcentral) September 13, 2015
The Phoenix metropolitan area could receive more rain and flooding Monday and Tuesday due to a 30 percent chance of showers, according to the NWS.
Monsoon rain total of 2.82" in Phoenix makes this the 4th year in a row with above normal (2.71") Monsoon precipitation. #azwx
โ NWS Phoenix (@NWSPhoenix) September 14, 2015
Comment: For more photos of the storm see here.