PHOENIX — Scattered showers and lightning strikes were moving through portions of Phoenix metro area on Saturday morning after the Valley was hit hard with heavy rainfall and storm activity throughout Friday.

In fact, rain and lightning could already be seen affecting southern parts of the Valley by 7 a.m. Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, which the National Weather Service (NWS) uses for its official readings, had received 0.07 inches of rain as of 9:40 a.m.

“Currently, we have some light to locally moderate rainfall, quick-moving showers moving across the Phoenix area,” NWS meteorologist Gabriel Lojero told KTAR News 92.3 FM on Saturday morning. “However, that’s nothing compared to what we saw on Friday, where we saw widespread to 1 to 2 inches with locally higher amount in som

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