Heavy Snow, Western Mogollon Rim
- When
- November 6, 6:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Western Mogollon Rim forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 35.839, -111.770 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Arizona, November 6, 2000
A snow storm dumped 10 inches of snow on Greer (8000 feet elevation) during the day. Sunrise Park Ski resort in the White Mountains reported 16 inches of new snow.
Where it happened
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- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS FGZ wrote it up.
A snow storm dumped 10 inches of snow on Greer (8000 feet elevation) during the day. Sunrise Park Ski resort in the White Mountains reported 16 inches of new snow. The Flagstaff Police Department reported 16 traffic accidents on I-17 and I-40 in and around Flagstaff on November 6. Most were fender benders and slide-offs.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, White Mountains
- When
- November 6, 8:00 AM MST to 8:00 PM MST
- Where
- White Mountains forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.398, -109.905 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Louisiana, November 6, 2000
- High Wind in Mississippi, November 6, 2000
- Tornado in Alabama, November 6, 2000
- Tornado in Louisiana, November 6, 2000
- Winter Storm in North Dakota, November 6 to 8, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, November 6, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, November 6, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Texas, November 6, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, November 6, 2000
- Winter Storm in North Dakota, November 6 to 8, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New Mexico, November 6 to 7, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, November 6, 2000
More
Every storm in Arizona in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, November 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5159497, 5159496.