A monsoon storm swept through Tucson on Thursday evening, flooding washes and streets, causing rock slides on the Catalina Highway and shutting down roads throughout the area.
A Pima County sheriff's deputy and a good Samaritan rescued a woman from a vehicle submerged in water on the northeast side.
On the southwest side, a 23-year-old woman felt the current from lightning that struck outside a house where she was baby-sitting.
This storm didn't knock down many power poles or snarl traffic like Tuesday's, but it was more widespread as it brought rain to most of the urban area.
Agua Caliente Park got about 2.7 inches of rain, according to the Pima County Flood Control District.
Almost an inch of rain fell in midtown in Arroyo Chico at South Randolph Way, near Reid Park.
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Many intersections and roads were closed, mostly on the northeast side near the Agua Caliente Wash, said the Sheriff's Department said. Authorities also closed Catalina Highway, as some areas were blocked by the rock slides.
There were no roads closed as of 9 a.m. according to the county's road closure website.
A number of homes had close calls with lightning strikes.
The 23-year-old woman on the southwest side was baby-sitting at a home in the 2800 block of West Calle del Tigre, near South Cardinal Avenue and West Valencia Road, when lightning struck, said Tracy Koslowski, a Drexel Heights Fire District spokeswoman.
The woman was standing on the doorway's metal threshold about to close the door when the lightning struck nearby, sending current up her leg. She was not injured and ran inside to call 911.
Five children inside the house also were not injured, Koslowski said.
Green Valley firefighters responded to a report of a lightning strike at a home in the 200 block of West Paseo Adobe, said Bill Bohling, assistant chief of the Green Valley Fire District.
Firefighters checked the ceiling in the home's garage after receiving a report of smoke, Bohling said.
Lightning also struck near a Green Valley home in the 900 block of South La Huerta, he said. No damage was reported from that incident.
No injuries were reported for either lightning strike.
At about 5 p.m., a 49-year-old woman was rescued from a flooded road on the northeast side, on East Fort Lowell Road near North Melpomene Way, said Deputy Erin Gibson, a Sheriff's Department spokeswoman.
The woman was driving east on Fort Lowell when her vehicle became stuck in water that rose to the bottom of its windows.
Deputy Cheryll DeLieto and Cody Allen, 19, a civilian, waded into waist-deep water to rescue her, Gibson said.
The storm forced crews who were replacing power poles on the northwest side to take a break because of concerns about the water and lightning, a Tucson Electric Power spokesman said.
Tuesday's storm knocked down about 18 power poles along West Ina Road between North Shannon Road and Interstate 10.
Crews finished installing new poles and all traffic restrictions on Ina Road were lifted Friday morning.
More rain could be coming today.
There's a 40 percent chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms, with high temperatures expected to reach the mid- to upper 90s and low 100s in the Tucson region.
Contact reporter Jamar Younger at jyounger@azstarnet.com or 573-4115.
