Heavy Snow — Chuska Mountains and Defiance Plateau, Arizona

2019-03-12 to 2019-03-13 · Chuska Mountains and Defiance Plateau, Arizona

Event narrative

Eight inches of snow fell in Upper Wheatfields overnight.

Wider weather episode

A second storm in two days moved across Arizona on March 12 and 13. The first storm brought advisory level snow to parts of northern Arizona and moved east by mid-day. The second storm moved in quickly during the afternoon on the heels of the first storm.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 814697. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.