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Winter Storm in Santa Catalina and Rincon Mountains, Arizona
Winter Storm January 1, 2015 · Santa Catalina and Rincon Mountains, Arizona
What the National Weather Service wrote
Snow began in the Santa Catalina Mountains on New Year's Eve and became heavy. By the time snow ended early on January 1st, 2015, just over a foot of snow accumulated on Mt. Lemmon above 8000 feet.
The wider storm
A winter storm moved through the desert southwest that spanned from New Year's Eve into New Year's Day 2015. This storm resulted in briefly unusually low snow levels down to about 2000 to 2500 feet with significant snow above 3000 feet.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 550734. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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