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Heavy Snow in Southwest Desert Mimbres Basin, New Mexico
Heavy Snow December 5, 2011 – December 6, 2011 · Southwest Desert Mimbres Basin, New Mexico
What the National Weather Service wrote
Snowfall totals across Luna County ranged from 5.5 inches 6 miles south-southwest of Deming to 4.0 inches 18 miles east-southeast of Deming.
The wider storm
A strong upper trough moved across the region and combined with an area of high pressure over the northern plains which pushed a strong cold front through the region. Snow levels fell to the valley floors across Southern New Mexico with snowfall totals of up to 7 inches reported.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 356736. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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