Heavy Snow in Black Mesa Area, Arizona

Heavy Snow December 22, 2008 – December 23, 2008 · Black Mesa Area, Arizona

What the National Weather Service wrote

Twelve inches of snow fell in the Chuska Mountains near Ft Defiance above 7000 feet and four inches of snow fell below 7000 feet.

The wider storm

The first in a series of winter storms brought significant snowfall to portions of Northern Arizona from the afternoon of December 22 through early morning of December 23. The heaviest snow from this system fell across the Mogollon Rim and White Mountains with Flagstaff receiving 7 to 10 inches of new snow and the Arizona Snowbowl received 12 to 16 inches.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 139202. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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