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Winter Storm in Santa Catalina and Rincon Mountains, Arizona

Winter Storm March 11, 2019 – March 12, 2019 · Santa Catalina and Rincon Mountains, Arizona

What the National Weather Service wrote

Snow began the evening of the March 11th and continued into the evening of the 12th. By the afternoon of March 12 a foot of snow had fallen in the Santa Catalina Mountains. Mount Lemmon Highway was closed to everyone but residents for a time due to heavy snow.

The wider storm

A late winter weather system impacted southeast Arizona March 11-13. This system along with anomalously high moisture caused the Catalina, Rincon, and White Mountains to receive over a foot of snow above 6500 feet.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 814216. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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