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The first major monsoon storm to hit the Tucson metro area Monday evening produced a microburst that damaged homes and toppled power poles in the Catalina Foothills.
“There was definitely a microburst that happened in the Catalina Foothills and it caused a lot of the damage,” said Kevin Strongman, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Tucson. “A microburst is basically a sudden collapse of the storm’s core, pushing all the cold air and winds from 30,000 feet all the way down.”
More than 30 electrical poles were knocked down as a result of the storm, Tucson Electric Power said. Some 20,000 customers lost power across the metro area and about 5,000 still had none late Tuesday morning, the utility said.
The storm dropped .45 inches of rain at Tucson International Airport. And 1.72 inches of rain was recorded near East Sunrise Drive and North Swan Road. Both areas reported hail.
“There was definitely a microburst that happened in the Catalina Foothills and it caused a lot of the damage,” said Kevin Strongman, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Tucson. “A microburst is basically a sudden collapse of the storm’s core, pushing all the cold air and winds from 30,000 feet all the way down.”
More than 30 electrical poles were knocked down as a result of the storm, Tucson Electric Power said. Some 20,000 customers lost power across the metro area and about 5,000 still had none late Tuesday morning, the utility said.
The storm dropped .45 inches of rain at Tucson International Airport. And 1.72 inches of rain was recorded near East Sunrise Drive and North Swan Road. Both areas reported hail.
https://tucson.com/news/local/weather/tucson-monsoon-storm-microburst/article_ba896b3c-24ff-11ee-9c0e-cf1718e0edbe.html
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