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Thunderstorms collide in this amazing timelapse

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Daniel Martins
Digital Reporter

Saturday, September 5, 2015, 8:08 AM - Though very arid, Arizona has its own summer storm season, and pictures of the occasional storm rolling over Phoenix are common enough.

Still, it's not often for two to roll in at once, and when that happened at sunset on August 31, storm photographer Lennis Wayne had his camera ready.

"One storm front from the south and another from the north collided in the West Valley of Phoenix, Arizona Monday evening at sunset," he wrote when he posted his video to Instagram. "The lightning show was nonstop and the rain poured down like running water from a faucet. What a sight to see!"

Pretty from a distance, but severe up close, according to the Arizona Republic, which says the storms snapped trees, knocked down power poles and left tens of thousands of people without electricity. 

The storm also dropped more than 25 mm of rain -- a significant proportion of the 62 mm of rain the city has seen so far this season.

Unlike non-monsoon storms, which usually can be tracked as they approach from the west, National Weather Service meteorologist Jessica Nolte told The Republic the storms of Arizona's summer monsoons can be a challenge to predict.

"Here, in the monsoon, we don’t have that kind of same (frontal weather) setup,” Nolte told the Republic. "That’s the beauty of it. It’s pretty impressive and a spectacle in itself. It’s a joy and a frustration."

SOURCE: The Arizona Republic/AZCentral

WATCH: Darker time lapse of a storm that left much of Arizona in darkness

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