Heavy Snow — Northern Gila County, Arizona

2019-02-17 to 2019-02-18 · Northern Gila County, Arizona

Event narrative

Heavy snow fell across Northern Gila Country from early morning on February 17 well into the evening of February 18. Here are some of the snowfall totals in inches: Washington Park 6-11, Tonto Village 7-9, Payson 6-7, Kohls Ranch 6, and Star Valley 4. The elevation in Payson is right around 5000 feet (=/- 200 feet), Star Valley 4,800 feet, and Washington Park is 6,000 feet. This is on the southern slopes of the Mogollon Rim so upslope played a very important roll in the distribution of the snowfall amounts in this zone.

Wider weather episode

A strong storm system brought significant accumulating snow and very cold air to much of northern Arizona February 17 and 18.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 811372. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.