The second winter storm of the season originated over the Gulf of Alaska. By the morning of the 6th, the low closed off over southeast Arizona.
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 episode as NWS TWC wrote it up.
The second winter storm of the season originated over the Gulf of Alaska. By the morning of the 6th, the low closed off over southeast Arizona. Accompanying the system was an 160kt 250mb jet. Low topped strong thunderstorms developed over the Tucson Metro area on the 7th with reports of pea size and marble size hail. Snow was accumulating as low as 4000 feet.
3 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Six inches of snow fell near the Mule Pass Tunnel forcing closure of Highway 80 for several hours. Also, 2 to 4 inches of snow fell causing icy conditions on Interstate 10 and other major highways across Cochise county.
Hanagan Meadow received a total of 24 inches of snow with estimates of 4 to 6 inches of snow falling per hour. Highway 191 received 12 to 18 inches of snow.
Mount Lemmon received 6 to 10 inches of snow. The Catalina Highway was closed for several hours.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arizona in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, November 2000
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: 5161605, 5161606, 5161607.