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Heavy Snow in Oak Creek and Sycamore Canyons, Arizona

Heavy Snow February 26, 2023 · Oak Creek and Sycamore Canyons, Arizona

What the National Weather Service wrote

Five inches of snow was reported in Sedona at an elevation of 4,400 feet. Six inches of snow was reported at The Village of Oak Creek at 4,200 feet elevation.

The wider storm

An upper-level low just off the Southern California coast brought a moist southerly flow across northern Arizona. Strong frontogenetical forcing ahead of the low promoted the development of a band of moderate to heavy rain/snow showers mostly above 5000 feet. Snowfall rates of 1 to 2 inch per hour (or more) hit parts of northern Arizona...with snow accumulations of 5 to 10 inches...and locally higher amounts.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1083516. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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