A secondary shortwave trough moved southward from the Intermountain West and combined with a low pressure center already over the Arizona/Mexico border to produce heavy snow in central Apache County.
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The episode as NWS FGZ wrote it up.
A secondary shortwave trough moved southward from the Intermountain West and combined with a low pressure center already over the Arizona/Mexico border to produce heavy snow in central Apache County.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Eight inches of snow fell overnight in Vernon and Concho.
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