Winter Storm — Northeast Plateaus and Mesas South of Highway 264, Arizona

2006-03-10 to 2006-03-12 · Northeast Plateaus and Mesas South of Highway 264, Arizona

Wider weather episode

A major winter storm affected all of Northern Arizona from Friday (03/10) though most of the day on Sunday (3/12). Heavy snowfall and rare low elevation snowfall occurred over almost all of Northern Arizona. Snow levels dropped to as low as 2000 feet south of the Mogollon Rim. Strong winds accompanied this storm...leading to significant blowing and drifting snow. This made for difficult driving conditions on snow packed and icy roads with some areas having very poor visibility. Some storm totals from across northern Arizona (in inches) include: Alpine 24, Ash Fork 7, Bagdad 5, Black Canyon City and Camp Verde T, Chinle 3, Clarkdale 0.5, Concho 23, Cordes Junction 6, Christopher Creek 37, Crown King 16, Flagstaff 30, Forest Lakes 40-48, Fredonia 6, Ganado 6-8, Grand Canyon - N. Rim 29-40, Grand Canyon - S. Rim 17, Greer 44, Hart Prairie 51, Heber 30, Holbrook 8-10, Jacob Lake 27, Jerome 6, Kayenta 14, Mayer 8, Mormon Lake 20, Munds Park 13, Navajo National Monument 9, Page 2, Payson 31, Peeples Valley 8, Petrified Forest National Park 13, Phantom Ranch T, Pine 20, Pinetop/Lakeside 48, Prescott 7-12, Rye 8, Saint Johns 15-18, Sanders 5, Sedona 2, Seligman 8, Show Low 30, Snowbowl - 9500 Feet 36, Snowbowl - 10800 Feet 57, Star Valley 30, Strawberry 18-20, Sunset Crater 17, Tuba City 2-4, White River and Window Rock 18, Williams 30, Winona 15, Winslow 2, and Yarnell 6 inches. Two Embry Riddle University students and their friend died when their car hit a truck on a snow covered road in Prescott Valley.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5497946. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.