It was a particularly damp weekend in Fountain Hills with rain falling much of the afternoon and evening hours on Saturday, ultimately leaving a half to more than an of rainfall over much of the community.
A Maricopa County Flood Control District rain gauge at the water tank off Golden Eagle Boulevard near the entry to the Eagles Nest subdivision received 1.42 inches of rain Saturday.
Another 1.14 inches fell near Dixie Mine near the McDowell Mountains, and higher in the hills near the Preserve trailhead area, Cloudburst Wash recorded 1.02 inches.
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Rainy weekend for Fountain Hills
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It was a particularly damp weekend in Fountain Hills with rain falling much of the afternoon and evening hours on Saturday, ultimately leaving a half to more than an of rainfall over much of the community.
A Maricopa County Flood Control District rain gauge at the water tank off Golden Eagle Boulevard near the entry to the Eagles Nest subdivision received 1.42 inches of rain Saturday.
Another 1.14 inches fell near Dixie Mine near the McDowell Mountains, and higher in the hills near the Preserve trailhead area, Cloudburst Wash recorded 1.02 inches.
Nearly all of the other county rain gauges around town received over half an inch on Saturday. At The Times office on Laser Drive there was right at half an inch.
An additional storm that moved across town on Sunday evening brought a little more rain to Fountain Hills.
Most of the county rain gauge stations received .04 or .08 inch on Sunday, with about .20 inch at The Times site.
No damage or weather- related incidents were reported around the community over the weekend.
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