{"id":260429,"date":"2025-09-28T04:29:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T04:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/260429\/"},"modified":"2025-09-28T04:29:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T04:29:13","slug":"rain-batters-phoenix-and-scottsdale-for-2nd-straight-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/260429\/","title":{"rendered":"Rain batters Phoenix and Scottsdale for 2nd straight day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PHOENIX \u2014 Heavy rain carried over into Saturday with areas of Scottsdale, Phoenix and Paradise Valley seeing nearly an inch of rain in under an hour.<\/p>\n<p>The National Weather Service issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NWSPhoenix\/status\/1972111351167304185\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Severe Thunderstorm Warning<\/a> in the area during the 6 p.m. hour on Saturday and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NWSPhoenix\/status\/1972116218678034608\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Flash Flood Warnings<\/a> are in effect until 10 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The warnings extended north <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NWSPhoenix\/status\/1972123809118372090\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">into Cave Creek<\/a> and south to the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NWSPhoenix\/status\/1972122508338876848\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">town of Maricopa<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n<p>Temperatures dropped significantly following <a href=\"https:\/\/alert.fcd.maricopa.gov\/alert\/Google\/v3\/gmap.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the precipitation<\/a> with the high temperature on Saturday reaching just 85 degrees.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, they are expected to warm up to 87 degrees and rain clouds should thin out with mostly sunny skies.<\/p>\n<p>Temperatures should heat up throughout the week, culminating with an expected high of 98 degrees on Friday before it cools back down to 95 degrees on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>How strong was the rain on Friday?<\/p>\n<p>Flooding in Scottsdale on Friday night left <a href=\"https:\/\/ktar.com\/arizona-news\/body-man-near-vehicle-scottsdale\/5755192\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">one man dead<\/a> after he was pinned under a bridge while delivering food.<\/p>\n<p>While the storms on Saturday night were more concentrated in the Phoenix-Scottsdale corridor, the rain on Friday was a bit more widespread with parts of the east and west Valley seeing some of the heaviest rainfall they have seen in years.<\/p>\n<p>Phoenix Sky Harbor received 1.64 inches of rain Friday, signaling its highest total rainfall in a single day since Oct. 13, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The rain in Gila County, east of Maricopa County, brought severe flooding and <a href=\"https:\/\/ktar.com\/arizona-weather-news\/globe-state-of-emergency\/5755219\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">a state of emergency<\/a> was declared by Mayor Al Gameros and Governor Katie Hobbs.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomkuebelaz\" data-show-count=\"false\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Follow @tomkuebelaz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We want to hear from you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px;\">Have a story idea or tip? 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