Heavy Snow — Yavapai County Valleys and Basins, Arizona

2019-11-29 · Yavapai County Valleys and Basins, Arizona

Event narrative

Seven inches of snow fell in Skull Valley by 842 AM at an elevation of about 4500 feet. Wilhoit received 6 inches of snow by 944 AM at an elevation of 4800 feet. State Route 260 from Camp Verde to Cottonwood was closed during this storm...at an elevation of around 3,200 feet above sea level.

Wider weather episode

A very large are of low pressure brought wind, rain, and snow to northern Arizona Thanksgiving day and Black Friday. Strong southerly winds brought very moist air over Arizona with rising snow levels. Heavy rain fell below around 7500 through much of Thanksgiving Day with lowing snow levels the night of November 29th into the 30th with the passage of a cold front. Snowfall was eventually reported at the bottom of The Grand Canyon. Significant snow was reported as well as increased flows in lower elevations creeks and rivers.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 860642. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.