UPDATE - (7/29) - 1-:43 a.m.
Repair work is ongoing at Sunrise Drive and Pontatoc Road, according to an email from TEP. Eastbound and westbound traffic on Sunrise is open, but restricted to one lane in each direction.
Pontatoc will remain closed into the early evening hours, TEP said.
UPDATE - (7/27) - 5:30 p.m.
TEP's work will continue Saturday and overnight into Sunday.
"The earliest we would expect lanes to become available is sometime tomorrow afternoon," TEP said.
UPDATE - (7/26) - 12:20 p.m.
The intersection at Sunrise Dr. and Pontatoc Rd. remains closed after last night's storm damaged power lines in the area.
No ETA on when the area will open up. We are reaching out to authorities for info.
UPDATE - 10:30 p.m.
Storms in and around Downtown Tucson blocked roads and flooded streets. Tucson Fire Department said they'd received multiple calls about cars stuck in water.
The downed power lines that blocked traffic on Sunrise Dr. also closed down several stores in the Catalina Foothills.
UPDATE - 8:30 p.m.
Cuyler Diggs has provided this radar view below in which we take a 'slice' of the thunderstorms to see how high in the atmosphere they are reaching. Some of the thunderstorms were approaching 50,000' as they lined up from Mammoth to Tucson to Green Valley and into Arivaca:
UPDATE - 8:15 p.m.
Lightning, gusty wind and heavy rain continue around Tucson. Flood Warnings are in effect for most of the greater metro area.
Many roadways around the city are flooding this evening. This is a good time to stay inside, and if driving this evening remember not to drive across flooded areas.
Cuyler has a look at tonights storm activity below:
UPDATE - 7:40 p.m.
According to the TEP outage map, over 6200 customers had their power in Catalina Foothills restored.
A deputy on scene said Sunrise Dr. and Pontatoc Rd. will stay closed "all night."
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6702 customers are reportedly without power headed into Thursday evening, according to the TEP outage map.
The Pima County Sheriff's Department confirmed deputies are on scene of several downed power lines in the area of Sunrise Dr and Pontatoc Rd.
Traffic is heavily restricted in the area. PCSD advises to avoid the area and find alternative routes of travel.
Check traffic at kgun9.com/traffic.
For more info check the TEP outage map.
