THE FIRST STORMS OF THE 2023 MONSOON SWEPT THROUGH THE PRESCOTT AREA YESTERDAY AND OVERNIGHT, LEAVING AT LEAST A LITTLE MOISTURE IN ITS WAKE IN SOME AREAS WHILE DELIVERING A DELUGE IN OTHERS.

THE FIRST STORM HIT THE PRESCOTT VALLEY AREA YESTERDAY

AFTERNOON, AND ACCORDING TO THE YAVAPAI COUNTRY FLOOD CONTROL RAIN GAUGES, THE HARDEST HIT AREA WAS DOWNTOWN PRESCOTT VALLEY ITSELF, WHERE THE GAUGE AT THE PRESCOTT VALLEY POLICE DEPARTMENT RECORDED A TOTAL OF TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAINFALL BY FIVE O-CLOCK. OTHER GAUGE READINGS IN THE PRESCOTT AREA AFTER LAST NIGHT'S STORMS INCLUDE ONE AND 14-HUNDRETHS OF AN INCH RECORDED AT BIG BUG MESA, ONE AND ONE-TENTHS INCHES AT UPPER GOLDWATER LAKE, JUST OVER AN INCH AT THE SKULL VALLEY WASH AND THE WHITE SPAR CAMPGROUND AT GRANITE CREEK, JUST UNDER AN INCH AT LOWER GOLDWATER LAKE, THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH AT THE HAISLEY WATER TANK, 63-HUNDRETHS AT THE LYNX CREEK LEVEE. THE VIEWPOINT TANK RECEIVED 47-HUNDRETHS OF AN INCH, CLIPPER WASH AT THE PRESCOTT COUNTRY CLUB IN DEWEY RECEIVED 39-HUNDREDTHS, LYNX LAKE GOT 35-

HUNDREDTHS, FAIN LAKE RECORDED 28-HUNDRETHS, THE GAUGE AT BIG BUG CREEK AND HIGHWAY 69 RECEIVED TWO-TENTHS, PRESCOTT HEIGHTS RECORDED 12-HUNDRETHS, THE PRESCOTT GATEWAY MALL RECORDED 8-

HUNDRETHS AND THE THUMB BUTTE TANK GOT FOUR HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF RAIN. AND WHILE A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE PRESCOTT AREA THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING, THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE STORMS IN THE PRESCOTT AREA REMAINS AS WELL.