Heavy Snow, Cochise County
- When
- January 30, 5:50 AM MST to January 31, 8:00 AM MST
- Where
- Cochise County forecast zone
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
Heavy Snow in Arizona, January 30 to 31, 2002
Texas Canyon received 2 inches of snow. Although Interstate 10 was not closed, only one lane was passable in this area.
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 TWC wrote it up.
Texas Canyon received 2 inches of snow. Although Interstate 10 was not closed, only one lane was passable in this area. Mule Tunnel near Bisbee was closed due to 2 to 3 inches of snow and icy conditions on the road. Mescal received 2 to 3 inches of snow, while Sierra Vista only received .5 inches. Bisbee, Douglas, and Wilcox reported a trace of snow.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Ice Storm in Oklahoma, January 30 to 31, 2002
- Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Missouri, January 30 to 31, 2002
- Ice Storm in Kansas, January 30 to 31, 2002
- Ice Storm and Heavy Snow in Kansas, January 30 to 31, 2002
- Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Michigan, January 30 to 31, 2002
- Ice Storm in Ohio, January 30 to 31, 2002
- Ice Storm in Kansas, January 30 to 31, 2002
- Dense Fog in Georgia, January 30, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, January 30 to 31, 2002
- Ice Storm in Missouri, January 30 to 31, 2002
- Flash Flood in Arkansas, January 30, 2002
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, January 30 to 31, 2002
More
Every storm in Arizona in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, January 2002
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: 5276749.