Heavy Snow — Chuska Mountains and Defiance Plateau, Arizona

2016-02-01 to 2016-02-02 · Chuska Mountains and Defiance Plateau, Arizona

Event narrative

Ten inches of snow was reported in Tsaile.

Wider weather episode

A strong cold front began moving across northern Arizona January 31st with strong winds, isolated thunderstorms, widespread rain, and higher elevation snow. Snow had started falling much of northern Arizona by daylight on February 1. Even Bagdad (3,800 feet elevation) had 3.0 inches of snow by 600 AM MST on the first.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 620279. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.