Heavy Snow, Tucson Metro/Marana/Green Valley
- When
- April 1, 4:30 PM MST to 11:00 PM MST
- Where
- Tucson Metro/Marana/Green Valley forecast zone
Mt. Lemmon reported 9 inches of new snow.
Flood and Heavy Snow in Arizona, April 1 to 2, 1998
1 heavy snow, 1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy snow, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Pima
- When
- April 1, 10:00 PM MST to April 2, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Pima County, Tucson
- Coordinates
- 32.097, -111.790 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Locally heavy rain on already saturated ground caused some small streams and normally dry washes in the far eastern and northern portion of the Tucson Metro Area to rise up to 1 1/2 feet which caused some road closures.
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, April 1, 1998
- Tornadoes in North Carolina, April 1, 1998
- Flood in California, April 1, 1998
- Flash Flooding in New Hampshire, April 1, 1998
- Flood in Florida, April 1 to 19, 1998
- Flood in New York, April 1 to 7, 1998
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, April 1, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, April 1, 1998
- Flood in Florida, April 1, 1998
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, April 1, 1998
- Flooding in Vermont, April 1 to 13, 1998
- Wildfire and Drought in Guam, April 1 to 30, 1998
More
Every storm in Arizona in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, April 1998
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5640629, 5640913.