PHOENIX – Multiple roadways were closed due to flooding Thursday morning as rain fell in metro Phoenix for a fourth consecutive day.

The following closures were reported by the Maricopa County Department of Transportation as of 6 a.m. due to water filling low-lying areas:

  • Lower Buckeye Road in both directions between 127th Avenue and Fourth Street in Avondale.
  • 19th Avenue in both directions between Desert Hills Drive and Irving Road in north Phoenix.
  • Desert Hills Drive in both directions between 15th and 17th avenues in north Phoenix.
  • 14th Street in both directions between Carefree Highway and Paint Your Wagon Trail in the north Phoenix area.
  • Narramore Road in both directions between 214th and 215th avenues south of Buckeye.
  • Southbound Tuthill Road between Ray Road and Waterman Wash south of Buckeye.

There was no estimated time for reopening the flooded roads.

Motorists are strongly advised to avoid driving into standing water during storm activity. A 70-year-old man was still missing as of Thursday morning after his car was swept away by floodwaters in Cordes Lake in Yavapai County on Tuesday afternoon.

How long will the metro Phoenix rain continue?

Thursday morning’s rainfall, which was part of the tail end of the second storm system to move through the Valley in recent days, was expected to clear by midmorning.

“After that, it’ll dry out here in the metro until that the third system moves through,” Katherine Berislavich of the National Weather Service in Phoenix told KTAR News 92.3 FM on Thursday morning.

The third system is expected to arrive as soon as Friday afternoon.

“But most of that activity most actually will probably stay dry through Saturday morning. It’ll probably just be very light, if anything,” Berislavich said.

Since the first system arrived late Monday, much of the Valley has received between 0.5 and 2 inches of rain, with totals higher in some areas.

Thursday’s early activity was heaviest in the East Valley, where totals were mainly between 0.2 and 0.5 inches. Central and north Phoenix also received widespread rainfall in the morning hours.

Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, which the NWS uses for the city’s official readings, has received over a third of in inch of rain since Monday night.

Thunderstorms developed Wednesday night, producing hail in some areas.

The NWS forecast for metro Phoenix includes a 20-30% chance for rain each day through Sunday, with high temperatures in the 60s. The the third system is expected to clear out by Sunday afternoon.

KTAR News 92.3 FM’s Ginia McFarland contributed to this report.

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