Heavy Snow, Northern Greenlee
- When
- February 13, 9:00 AM MST to February 14, 1:00 AM MST
- Where
- Northern Greenlee forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Heavy Snow in Arizona, February 13 to 14, 2003
A weak system moved over southeast Arizona on February 13th and 14th, which caused heavy snow in the White Mountains. This system tapped into deep tropical moisture as it moved over Southern California coast, which also created widespread heavy rain across central and southern Arizona.
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.
A weak system moved over southeast Arizona on February 13th and 14th, which caused heavy snow in the White Mountains. This system tapped into deep tropical moisture as it moved over Southern California coast, which also created widespread heavy rain across central and southern Arizona. The colder portions of the air mass moved over Arizona late morning of the 13th. The first precipitation band moved through Northen Greenlee county by noon on February 13th, with initial snow reports of 4 to 6 inches at Hannagan Meadow. Snow showers continued periodically with snow levels fluctuated between 9000 feet and 7500 feet during the event. Hannagan Meadow recorded a total of 14 inches of snow through the event.
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
- Cold in North Dakota, February 13, 2003
- Heavy Rain in California, February 13, 2003
- Winter Storm in New Mexico, February 13 to 23, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 13, 2003
- Heavy Rain in California, February 13, 2003
- Funnel Cloud in Hawaii, February 13, 2003
- Heavy Rain in Hawaii, February 13, 2003
- Funnel Cloud in California, February 13, 2003
- High Wind in Virginia, February 13, 2003
More
Every storm in Arizona in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, February 2003
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5344504.