100 Degrees in Phoenix Today

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100 degrees at Phoenix airport today. I’m very happy not to be there!

Armed Citizen Shoots, Kills Bank Robber in Phoenix

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http://www.azfamily.com/news/1-dead-1-in-custody-after-bank-robbery-in-Phoenix-279361782.html

The other robber was arrested after crashing a hijacked car.

PHOENIX — A suspected bank robber was shot and killed by a witness and another was taken into custody Wednesday afternoon, according to Phoenix police.

Two masked, armed men reportedly robbed a Desert Schools Federal Credit Union near Cactus Road and Tatum Boulevard and were confronted by a witness while leaving with a garbage can full of money.

Police said that after a struggle, the witness shot one suspect, who was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

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Record Amount of Rain, Flooding in Phoenix Az

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PHOENIX — Severe weather brought heavy rain, thunder, lightning and strong winds to the Valley early Monday morning. Widespread flooding caused Gov. Jan Brewer is declare “a statewide emergency for areas impacted by today’s severe rainfall and flooding.”

In addition, Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton declared a state of emergency for the city, activating the Emergency Operations Center.

“We are seeing a historic amount of rain and significant flooding, and I’m proud of how quickly the city responded to keep our residents safe and up to date on what’s happening,” Stanton said. “Our emergency management team will work around the clock to monitor the situation and deploy the necessary resources to areas of our community hit the hardest.”

The National Weather Service issued a Flash Flood Warning that was in effect until 4:45 a.m. The agency later extended it to 6:30 a.m., and then again until 10:30 a.m. The NWS finally canceled that warning shortly before it was set to expire.

Gov. Brewer has declared a statewide emergency for areas impacted by severe rainfall and flooding on Monday.

Rain gauges across the Phoenix area indicated as much as 1 to 3 inches of rain has fallen in some areas.

The official rainfall total at Sky Harbor International Airport was more than 3 inches and increasing at 9 a.m., shattering the old daily record of 1.33 inches. That is an all-time record for rain in a single day at Sky Harbor.

“We’re looking at a historic day of flooding out there,” 3TV meteorologist April Warnecke said.

Link: http://www.azfamily.com/home/Overnight-storms-bring-heavy-rain-flooding-274306971.html

Not much rain in Prescott today (yet?), light rain and lots of heavy cloud cover.  We had a short, wet storm yesterday with some street flooding. Of course most of Arizona is downhill from Prescott. http://www.prescottaz.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=135880&TM=57778.34

Flooding in North Phoenix Area

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Today there are floods in north Phoenix. I-17, loop 303,  SR74 have closures. Black Canyon City, north of Phoenix, had 4.5 inches of rain – which is about a half a year’s worth – today. All this drained downhill to the north Phoenix area. Here’s a link:  http://www.azfamily.com/news/Flooding-closes-portion-of-I-17-Carefree-Highway-in-N-Phoenix-271870741.html I know I have some readers who are former Phoenix area residents.

We are having very heavy rains in Prescott as well. More to come …

118 Degrees in Phoenix

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Today the forecast high temperature in Phoenix is 118. Crazy, no?  I am happy that I left there years ago.  The linked article mentions the all time high temp on Phoenix on June 26, 1990 – 122 degrees.  I was there, it was ugly hot. I remember leaving work and thinking that it was even hotter than usual. Then I got home and heard on the news that it was so hot the airport had to shut down as planes were not certified to take off or land in that heat (for nongeeks, the higher the temperature the thinner the air which reduces aerodynamic lift).

In Prescott, Az at 5500 feet of elevation it’s a balmy 103 … they predict 109, which is very hot for us. So far the high-tech evaporative cooler we bought last year is keeping it comfortable in the house.