In about 15 minutes, Tempe recorded nearly three-quarters of an inch of rain. A supercell thunderstorm forms when wind speed and direction change with height, a phenomenon called wind shear.

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"We saw rainfall upwards of half an inch in 10 to 15 minutes," a National Weather Service meteorologist told The Arizona Republic.