A quick moving storm produced another round of snow across northern Arizona.
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The episode as NWS FGZ wrote it up.
A quick moving storm produced another round of snow across northern Arizona.
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 22, 3:25 PM MST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 325 PM MST FRI FEB 22 2008 .SYNOPSIS...A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE STATE TONIGHT WITH RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT. AFTER A BREAK SATURDAY...ANOTHER STORM WILL BRING WINDY CONDITIONS AND SCATTERED SHOWERS TO THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE LATE SUNDAY INTO EARLY MONDAY. FAIR AND WARMER WEATHER WILL RETURN STARTING TUESDAY. && .DISCUSSION... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA AS A REGION OF STRONG AND MOIST FLOW ALOFT IN A WARM ADVECTION PATTERN PRODUCES GOOD ISENTROPIC UPLIFT. A BACK EDGE TO THIS FEATURE IS MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD INTO WESTERN YAVAPAI COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON...AND SHOULD GIVE A SMALL BREAK IN PRECIPITATION THIS EVENING FROM FLAGSTAFF SOUTH AND WESTWARD. HOWEVER...THE TROUGH AXIS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL CROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT...SWITCHING TO A COLD ADVECTION PATTERN WITH WEAK TO MODERATE DIFFERENTIAL VORTICITY ADVECTION DYNAMICS. ANOTHER INCH OR THREE OVER MOST OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN ARES IS EXPECTED AS THIS FEATURE MOVES THROUGH...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER THE KAIBAB PLATEAU. SATURDAY...A BRIEF HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL BRING A BREAK IN PRECIPITATION AND WARMER TEMPERATURES...THEN SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT ANOTHER POTENT PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN. STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY INVOLVED WITH THE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM...BUT A TRACK AFFECTING FAR NORTHERN ARIZONA MOST STRONGLY LOOKS MOST LIKELY GIVEN THE LARGE SCALE FLOW PATTERN. THE STRONGEST IMPACT LOOKS TO BE WINDY CONDITIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS SHOULD APPROACH WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY OF NORTHERN AZ. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS LOOKS ON THE LIGHT SIDE AS THE DYNAMICS LOOK LIKE THEY WILL WEAKEN AS THE STORM MOVES INTO THE WESTERN U.S. FINALLY ON MONDAY...A WEST COAST RIDGE IS FORECAST TO BUILD INTO THE STATE WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND FAIR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TUESDAY AND BEYOND. && .AVIATION...FOR THE 00Z PACKAGE...A WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL CROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA TONIGHT. MVFR AND IFR CIGS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE AREA. WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE AS WELL...WITH SNOW LEVELS BETWEEN 5000 AND 6000 FT MSL. PRECIPITATION SHOULD DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST AFT 06Z SAT....BUT WIDESPREAD MVFR AND IFR CIGS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 18Z SAT. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDMENTS. && .FGZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && ONTON/41
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ 344 AM MST FRI FEB 22 2008 AZZ004>018-037>040-231045- KAIBAB PLATEAU-MARBLE AND GLEN CANYONS-GRAND CANYON COUNTRY- COCONINO PLATEAU-YAVAPAI COUNTY MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS HWY 264 NORTHWARD-CHINLE VALLEY- CHUSKA MOUNTAINS AND DEFIANCE PLATEAU- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN COCONINO COUNTY- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN NAVAJO COUNTY- LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY- WESTERN MOGOLLON RIM-EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM-WHITE MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN GILA COUNTY-YAVAPAI COUNTY VALLEYS AND BASINS- OAK CREEK AND SYCAMORE CANYONS-BLACK MESA AREA- NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS SOUTH OF HWY 264- 344 AM MST FRI FEB 22 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ARIZONA...NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...NORTHEAST ARIZONA AND WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH AREAS OF RAIN AND SNOW SPREADING EAST THROUGH THE DAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE IN THE 5500 TO 6000 FOOT RANGE FOR THIS EVENT...WITH 2 TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN FROM FLAGSTAFF NORTHWARD BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE BEST CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW WITH THIS STORM WILL BE ACROSS THE NORTHERN THIRD OF ARIZONA...BUT PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS APPEAR LIGHT AT THIS TIME. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE LIKELY AS THIS SYSTEM PASSES THROUGH...WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH POSSIBLE IN MANY LOCATIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Between six and nine inches of snow fell across the Western Mogollon Rim. Reported snowfall amounts include: Bellemont 6 inches, Flagstaff Pulliam Airport 8 inches, and Munds Park 9 inches.
Eight inches of snow fell in Forest Lakes.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arizona in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, February 2008
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: 90277, 90294.