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Heavy Snow in Yavapai County Valleys and Basins, Arizona

Heavy Snow March 17, 2012 – March 18, 2012 · Yavapai County Valleys and Basins, Arizona

What the National Weather Service wrote

Chino Valley (4570 feet elevation) received 4 inches of snow. Wilhoit received 8 inches of snow at around 4500 feet elevation.

The wider storm

A powerful winter storm moved across Arizona with strong winds ahead of the cold front, heavy rain and snow along and behind the cold front, and then heavy rain and snow showers as the cold pool aloft move across the state with the low center. Up to four and half feet of snow fell in the Kachina Peaks north of Flagstaff.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 374969. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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