A strong cold front move across northern Arizona with snow and strong winds. A few locations recorded high winds above 58 MPH.
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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 FGZ wrote it up.
A strong cold front move across northern Arizona with snow and strong winds. A few locations recorded high winds above 58 MPH. Northern Apache Country received 6 inches of snow...other areas got lighter amounts.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 high wind, 1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
The RAWS on Buckskin Mountain (6400 feet MSL) recorded wind gusts above 55 MPH from around 830 PM to around 950 PM MST. The peak wind gust of 58 MPH was recorded at 933 PM just as the front was moving through.
The Tolikan Chapter House reported 6 inches of snow at 5,308 feet MSL.
The Springerville Airport ASOS recorded wind gust above 55 MPH from around 1245 AM MST to around 115 AM MST. The peak wind gust of 59 MPH was recorded at 1255 AM just before the front moved through.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arizona in 2017Every state in 2017This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, January 2017
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: 676473, 676478, 676474.