In the aftermath of Thursday's storm, Wesley Watson stood on his muddy front porch squeezing water from pillows and comforters.
His car, parked in the front yard, still had water inside and dried mud covered its bottom half.
A few houses down, in the 900 block of West Medina Road, 23-year-old Margarita Vasquez was mopping water and mud from her master bedroom while her 2-year-old son tried to push himself on a riding toy that kept getting stuck in the mud-filled yard.
Mud on sidewalks, broken tree branches and debris from the storm covered the streets Friday morning.
Many residents in this south-side neighborhood bounded on the west by Interstate 19, east by South 12th Avenue, north by South Pinta Avenue and south by West Los Reales Road, had about 2 feet of water flooding their homes.
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Vasquez and her family were not home during the storm and fire crews did not allow them to enter their home until 8 p.m., and by foot, she said.
Vasquez and her husband purchased their home earlier this year and had been remodeling it.
The family of four had moved in a week ago and hadn't finished unpacking when the storm hit Thursday afternoon, she said.
"We had boxes full of stuff that got wet," Vasquez said. "Bad thing is that the house was not in a flood zone so we don't have flood insurance."
Watson and his wife, Jo Stwart, also had extensive damage to their home.
They were home during the storm and said the wash behind their house was "like a river flowing" into their backyard and into their house. About a foot of water covered the tile floors of the kitchen and bedroom, damaging a bed, electronics and wooden furniture, Watson said.
"I just kept looking up and down thinking, 'What else is going to come in?'" Stwart said with tears in her eyes.
Watson hoped their house would not get hit by heavy rain again. But he boarded up the back gate and the back of the house in case more rains come.
Thursday was the second-wettest September day on record, with 2.84 inches of rain reported at the Tucson International Airport.
The National Weather Service is expecting sun and no rain in the Tucson area for the weekend.
On StarNet: For more photos from the storm and its aftermath go to azstarnet.com/gallery
Contact reporter Fernanda Echavarri at fechavarri@azstarnet.com or 573-4224.
