Heavy Snow — Chinle Valley, Arizona

2009-02-09 to 2009-02-10 · Chinle Valley, Arizona

Event narrative

A foot of snow fell in Chinle and 10 inches fell in Canyon de Chelly.

Wider weather episode

A second storm in two days brought record amounts of snow to portions of northern Arizona on February 9th. The Arizona Department of Public Safety reported hundreds of vehicle collisions across northern Arizona. One DPS commander said that it was the worst snowstorm that he had to deal with in northern Arizona.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 150233. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.