Winter Storm, Western Mogollon Rim
- When
- December 12, 5:00 PM MST to December 13, 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- Western Mogollon Rim forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 35.839, -111.770 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in Arizona, December 12 to 13, 2000
A fast moving winter storm left two inches of snow across Flagstaff caused at least 43 traffic accidents. This storm droped a large amount of snow in less than an hour on roads that were already wet and begining to freeze.
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
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS FGZ wrote it up.
A fast moving winter storm left two inches of snow across Flagstaff caused at least 43 traffic accidents. This storm droped a large amount of snow in less than an hour on roads that were already wet and begining to freeze. City streetsturned into ice rinks. There were at least two mulitple car pile-ups on city streets causing local delays. The Flagstaff area schools were on a two hour delay the next morning because of the icy road conditions.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Ice Storm in Louisiana, December 12 to 13, 2000
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, December 12, 2000
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, December 12, 2000
- Ice Storm in Arkansas, December 12 to 13, 2000
- High Wind in New York, December 12, 2000
- Ice Storm in Texas, December 12 to 13, 2000
- High Wind in New Jersey, December 12, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, December 12 to 13, 2000
- Cold in South Carolina, December 12 to 13, 2000
- High Wind in New York, December 12, 2000
- High Wind in New York, December 12, 2000
- High Wind in New York, December 12, 2000
More
Every storm in Arizona in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, December 2000
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: 5178258.