REAL
REAL LIFE.>>> THANKS FOR JOINING US ON THIS WILD NIGHT
OF WEATHER, WE BEGIN WITH A
SECOND ROUND OF STORMS THAT
CAME SWEEPING AROUND 7:00
TONIGHT, THAT SECONDS DOWNPOUR
HITTING THE WEST AND CENTRAL
PARTS OF THE VALLEY ALREADY
CAUSING FLOODING FRUSTRATIONS
FOR DRIVERS.
>>>
>>> WILD
>>> WILD IMAGES FROM THE STORMS ACROSS THE STATE, THE WEATHER
SERVICE ISSUED A TORNADO
WARNING CAVE CREEK.
LACKS GUYS, HIGH WINDS AND RAIN
DOMINATED THAT AREA FOR AT
LEAST 45 MINUTES.
>> THE DUST REALLY PICKED UP
THIS AFTERNOON, THIS PICTURE
WAS SENDING AROUND 2:30 AND YOU
CAN SEE JUST HOW MURKY THAT
DUST CLOUD WAS.>> WITHIN THE
FIRST HOURS OF RAIN THE
FLOODING LED TO SEVERAL WATER
RESCUES.
RESCUES.
RESCUES. FIRE AND MEDICAL SHOT THIS
VIDEO EARLIER TODAY.
>> IT WAS A SWISS WATER RESCUE
FOR PEOPLE STUCK, THEY WERE
ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE CAR AND
CLIMBED TO A NEARBY TREE.
>> THINGS GOT MORE CHAOTIC WHEN
THE MAN LET GO OF THE TREE AND
WAS SWEPT DOWNSTREAM.
HE WAS NOT HURT, THANKFULLY HE
DID NOT GO FAR, OTHERWISE THEY
MIGHT HAVE NEVER GOTTEN HIM.>>
WE HAVE SOME OF THE WILDEST
SIGHTS AND SOUNDS.>> WE WANT TO
START WITH THE TRACKING OF THE
RADAR AND THE STORM THAT WE ARE
TRACKING.
TRACKING.
TRACKING. >> THE WEST VALLEY AND PARTS OF
IT IS SEEING SOME LIGHT TO
MODERATE SHOWER ACTIVITY, WE
CAN STILL SEE ADDITIONAL FLASH
FLOODING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT
BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THE DAMAGING
WIND GUST THREAT IS LOWERING AT
THE PRESENT TIME.
YOU CAN SEE THIS TRAIN OF
THUNDERSTORMS FROM CAVE CREEK
AND BLACK CANYON CITY EXTEND
ALL THE WAY BACK, THESE STORMS
ARE PUSHING TO THE NORTH AND
EAST, THIS IS WHAT WILL KEEP
OUR THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ALIVE
THROUGH THE MORNING DRIVE
TOMORROW, NOT EVERYONE IN THE
VALLEY WILL BE SEEING SHOWERS
AND STORMS, THE WEST VALLEY HAS
A BETTER CHANCE THAN THE EAST
VALLEY BUT IF YOU HAPPEN TO GET
UNDERNEATH ONE OF THESE WE
COULD SEE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AROUND ONE INCH BROWER, ALSO IF
YOU SHOWERS AND STORMS ENTERING
GILA COUNTY TONIGHT AND AGAIN
THE WEST VALLEY CLOSER TO SOME
OF THESE STORMS THIS EVENING
AND THIS IS A LOOK TOWARDS THE
NORTH.
NORTH.
NORTH. OVERALL THE RADAR WILL START TO
QUIET DOWN, IT'S LOOKING TO BE
A BETTER TUESDAY AND WE WILL
HAVE THE LATEST COMING UP IN
THE FULL FORECAST.
>>> AS PROMISED WE GET A CLOSER
LOOK AT SOME OF THE WILD IMAGES
WE SAW FROM THAT SECOND ROUND
OF STORMS.>> FROM TO FLOODED
TUNNELS TO KIDS STRANDED ON A
SCHOOL BUS FOR HOURS, TODAY'S
STORMS AFFECTING HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE
VALLEY.
VALLEY.
VALLEY. >> Reporter: MOTHER NATURE
SLAMMING INTO THE VALLEY MONDAY
EVENING FOR A SECOND ROUND,
KEEPING FIRE CREWS BUSY AND
RISKING MULTIPLE PEOPLE FROM
FLOODED LOSSES.>> IRAN'S HARD
LIKE THIS IT CAN HAPPEN WITHIN
AN HOUR.>> Reporter: WATER IN
THIS WASH OFF OF 163rd AVENUE
SO ROUGH IT TORE APART THE
ASPHALT.
ASPHALT.
ASPHALT. >> IT WAS CRAZY.
IF YOU DROVE THROUGH IT IT
WOULD HAVE JUST TAKEN YOU DOWN
THE ROAD.>> Reporter: POWERFUL
LOSSES STRANDING THIS BUS FOR
THREE HOURS.
THREE HOURS. >> BASICALLY THE RAINSTORM CAME
IN PRETTY QUICK, WE HAD A BUS
BASICALLY STRANDED ON HIGH
GROUND, THE KIDS WERE SAFE.
THE BUS DRIVER CALLED AND
REPORTED THAT THEY COULD NOT
TRAVEL NORTH OR SOUTH.>>
Reporter: FIRE CREWS ARE ABLE
TO DRIVE THE KIDS TO SAFETY.
ABOUT ONE HOUR LATER THESE
TEAMS STRANDED ON FOOT ON AN
ISLAND OF DRYLAND.
AS THE AREA AROUND THEM
FLOODED.
FLOODED.
FLOODED. FIRE CREWS EVENTUALLY RESCUED
THEM.
THEM.
THEM. >>
THEM. >> THEY GOT IN AND WERE
EXTRACTED ON THE SOUTH SIDE.>>
Reporter: STORMS HITTING I 17
SO BAD SIGNS TEMPORARILY READ
ALL LANES FLOODED LEADING
TRAFFIC AT A STANDSTILL.
DRIVERS TRYING TO GET OFF OF I
10 AT THE DOWNTOWN TUNNEL EXIT
BUT WATER WAS DEEPER THAN THEY
EXPECTED.
EXPECTED.
EXPECTED. MEANWHILE LIGHTNING PUTTING ON
A SHOW.
A SHOW.
A SHOW. THIS VIEWER CAUGHT THIS
BEAUTIFUL SHOT.
BEAUTIFUL SHOT. AND THIS VIDEO OF HAIL.
AND THIS VIDEO OF LIGHTNING AND
HAIL IN FOUNTAIN HILLS.
EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON HEAVY
RAIN OVER THE SUPERSTITION
MOUNTAINS CAUSE WATERFALLS, OUR
VIEWER STEVE WADE SENT IN THIS
BEAUTIFUL DRONE VIDEO.
>> WE WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR
WEATHER WATCHERS FOR SENDING US
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