1 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Flagstaff, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 7, 9:00 PM MST, 3 hours earlier.
NORTHERN ARIZONA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 900 PM MST WED FEB 07 2001 SYNOPSIS...A COLD WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS ARIZONA TONIGHT. SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP TO NEAR 3000 FEET BY MORNING WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES EXPECTED. THE SNOW ACTIVITY WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY WITH PARTLY CLOUDY AND WARMER WEATHER FORECAST FOR FRIDAY. ANOTHER STORM WILL AFFECT THE STATE OVER THE WEEKEND. THIS STORM WILL BRING MORE SNOW...COOLER TEMPERATURES AND LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS TO NORTHERN ARIZONA. DISCUSSION...LOW TO MID LEVEL CLOUD ENHANCEMENT WELL DEPICTED OVER SRN AND CENTRAL YAVAPAI CNTY THIS EVENING...WITH SHOWERS BEGINNING TO BREAK OUT ACROSS THE RIM. COLD CORE LOW...AND STRONG BAROCLINIC BNDRY MOVING INTO WESTERN AZ AT THIS TIME. IN ADDITION ATMOSPHERE CONTS TO DESTABILIZE OVER NWRN AZ...ALLOWING FOR ENHANCED PRECIP DEVELOPMENT IN UPSLOPE AREAS. FCSTS OF 2 TO 4 INCH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ON TRACK FOR TONIGHT. CAA INTO THE WESTERN VALLEYS TO DROP SNOW LEVELS CONSIDERABLY...AND ADVS LOOKING GOOD. FOR THE HIGH ELEVATIONS CRITERIA A BIT HIGHER...AND AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL REMAIN UNDER ADV CRITERIA. ZONES REMAIN IN GOOD SHAPE. MCGRATH .FGZ...SNOW ADV TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON ZNS 18 37...
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy snow fell in the White Mountains from early morning through the afternoon. Ten inches of snow was reported in the town of Greer and a foot of snow fell at Sunrise Park Ski resort.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arizona in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, February 2001
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