Heavy Snow — White Mountains, Arizona

2025-03-13 to 2025-03-14 · White Mountains, Arizona

Event narrative

Public reported between 5.0 and 6.0 inches of snow in McNary and 4.0 to 6.0 inches of snow in Pinetop-Lakeside.

Wider weather episode

The first of two back to back winter storms moved in on March 13th and left on March 14th. This was marked by an intense band of snow that was short lived, but dropped quite a bit of snow. This created travel problems including a large traffic pile up on Interstate 40 near Williams.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1245068. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.