Photos: Rain and hail storms
Fast-moving rain and hail pelted the Tucson area this week.
October rain and hail storms
Carrying their shelter with them, a group of students having a bake sale for the University of Arizona mock trials are forced to make a break for it as the skies opened up around the campus forcing students to make a run for it. Needless to say, the baked goods were ruined. Heavy rain and hail was reported throughout the area. The photo was taken on Tuesday, October 6, 2015, in Tucson, Ariz. A.E. Araiza/ Arizona Daily Star
October rain and hail storms
Hail covers the ground as water pours off the roof at an office building at Skyline Drive and Pima Canyon Drive in Tucson on Oct. 6, 2015. Photo by Rick Wiley / Arizona Daily Star
October rain and hail storms
Once the rain stopped, University of Arizona physiology major Josselyne Sanchez, 18, was able to cross through the water-filled Mall as the skies opened up around the campus forcing students to make a run for it. Heavy rain and hail was reported throughout the area. The photo was taken on Tuesday, October 6, 2015, in Tucson, Ariz. A.E. Araiza/ Arizona Daily Star
October rain and hail storms
University of Arizona senior Mounica Urity, an MIS major, walks out of the rain carrying goods from the mock trial bake sale that was taking place on the Mall as the skies opened up around the University of Arizona forcing students to make a run for it. Heavy rain and hail was reported throughout the area. The photo was taken on Tuesday, October 6, 2015, in Tucson, Ariz. A.E. Araiza/ Arizona Daily Star
October rain and hail storms
Palo Verde High School freshman Kyle Makkaio, 14, walks over a footbridge over a swollen wash near the school where a swift water rescue took place earlier after the skies opened up bringing heavy rain, flooding and hail to the city's east side. The photo was taken on Tuesday, October 6, 2015, in Tucson, Ariz. A.E. Araiza/ Arizona Daily Star
October rain and hail storms
Tom Loewer and Moochie watch several feet of run-off flow under footbridge on its way to the Alamo Wash near Calle Marte and Avenida Planeta following a series of brief, but heavy, showers that rolled through, Tuesday Oct. 4, 2015, Tucson, Ariz. Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
October rain and hail storms
One of series of storms rolls northward into the city, one of several brief, but heavy, showers that passed through, Tuesday Oct. 4, 2015, Tucson, Ariz. Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
October rain and hail storms
Beauty advisor Celesste (CQ) Bracamonte, right, checks out a flashlight she and assistant manager Laura Flores, left, used in Avante, during a power outage La Encantada mall during an afternoon rain. The weather left the mall without electricity for about 45 minutes. Photo taken Tuesday, October 6, 2015. Photo by Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star.
October rain and hail storms
Wisps of steam rise from the pavement near Palo Verde Park as a boy rides his bicycle through the parking lot after the skies opened up bringing heavy rain, flooding and hail to the city's east side. The photo was taken on Tuesday, October 6, 2015, in Tucson, Ariz. A.E. Araiza/ Arizona Daily Star
October rain and hail storms
Vehicles plow through a flooded section of Speedway just east of Houghton following a series of brief, but heavy, showers that rolled through the area, Tuesday Oct. 4, 2015, Tucson, Ariz. Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
October rain and hail storms
Sheets of rain rolled through the sky dumping hail in hard quick bursts in Tucson, AZ. This view is looking west from Swan and Sunrise. Photo taken Tuesday, October 6, 2015. Photo by Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star.
October rain and hail storms
Many high clearance vehicles chose to run through the wash flowing across Orange Grove Rd just east of 1st Ave. following an afternoon rainstorm in Tucson, AZ. Drivers in smaller vehicles mostly chose to turn away.Photo taken Tuesday, October 6, 2015. Photo by Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star.
A severe thunderstorm dropped hail around Tucson