A Thunderstorm stretched over Tucson Wednesday fulfilling days of promised storms.
Tucson International Airport — the official site for the city’s weather record keeping — had received 0.34 inches of rain as of 3 p.m., the weather service said.
Rain chances are expected to drop by Friday’s Independence Day celebrations, forecasters have said.
Meanwhile, there’s still time to take advantage of free self-serve sandbag sites in Tucson and Pima County.
The city has a sandbag site in the east parking lot of Reid Park’s Hi Corbett Field, 700 S. Randolph Way.
Petra Thompson uses a garbage bag to protect her hair from a rainstorm Wednesday in Tucson. Thompson said she had just had her hair done and was trying to keep it as she crossed North Grande Avenue at West St. Mary’s Road.
Pima County also has free sandbag locations. Among the county sites are: North Pima Canyon Drive and East Ina Road; 1313 S. Mission Road (Pima County Mission Yard); Picture Rocks Fire District,6625 N. Sandario Rd; and in the 2900 block of North Shannon Road at West Positano Way.
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Sand and the bags to put it in are free, but bring your own shovel.
The city has a 10-bag limit. It’s a 20-bag limit for the county.
Pete Balinski, left, and Lexi Balinski fill their 10 free sandbags.
