Heavy Snow — Chinle Valley, Arizona

2015-02-27 to 2015-02-28 · Chinle Valley, Arizona

Event narrative

Six to eight inches of snow fell overnight on the 27th and during the morning hours of the 28th in Kayenta. It was still snowing at noon.

Wider weather episode

A strong and moist Pacific storm system moved across northern Arizona for four days. This produced heavy to very heavy rain and snow across the area. Snow and rain started falling on February 27 and continued through March 2. Snow from this storm system went on to trigger several avalanches in the mountain peaks above 11,500 feet just north of Flagstaff in March.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 564506. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.