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Heavy Snow in Upper Gila River Valley, Arizona
Heavy Snow December 25, 2008 – December 26, 2008 · Upper Gila River Valley, Arizona
What the National Weather Service wrote
Elevations above 6000 feet in Graham county had in excess of 1 foot of snowfall.
The wider storm
Two storm systems moved through Southeast Arizona on December 25th and 26th. The system on December 25th was a lead system that moved through and produced rain and mountain snowfall generally above 6500 feet. The follow up system on December 26th was a much colder storm with origins in the Gulf of Alaska that moved through Southeast Arizona with much lower snow levels.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 140291. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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