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Heavy Snow in Oak Creek and Sycamore Canyons, Arizona

Heavy Snow February 1, 2016 – February 2, 2016 · Oak Creek and Sycamore Canyons, Arizona

What the National Weather Service wrote

Four inches of snow fell 4 miles north of Sedona in Oak Creek Canyon.

The wider storm

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 620288. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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