Jan 20, 2017
A weather system moving into Arizona on Friday January 20th led to the development of widespread locally heavy rains across portions of the central Arizona deserts which affected the northern portion of the greater Phoenix metropolitan area. During the late afternoon and evening hours, trained spotters reported locally heavy rains with up to 2 inches falling within a 6 hour period. Beginning late at night and into the very early morning hours on January 21st, heavy rains caused flooding and flas
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 687385). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Maricopa County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.