TEMPE, Ariz. – A dramatic video shared from Tempe shows the moment when straight-line winds tore through a backyard as a microburst pummeled the Arizona city early this week.

According to the National Weather Service office in Phoenix , straight-line winds during the powerful supercell thunderstorm reached between 80 and 90 mph – as strong as a Category 1 hurricane – when the storm wreaked havoc in Maricopa County across portions of Guadalupe, Tempe and Scottsdale on Monday afternoon.

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Numerous trees were uprooted and brought down onto homes , and several units of a local business complex were destroyed when the winds blew in garage doors and tore roofs away from structures.

As the storm was making its way across the region, Alexander J. McClure captured video o

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