A strong weather system moved through the region on February 6 and 7 resulting in strong gusty winds and heavy mountain snow.
Every event with a place to put it; 6 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 TWC wrote it up.
A strong weather system moved through the region on February 6 and 7 resulting in strong gusty winds and heavy mountain snow.
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 Tucson, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 5, 2:52 PM MST, 19 hours 8 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 high wind, 3 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
The KALK ASOS at Pioneer Airfield Ft Huachuca Arizona recorded a wind gust to 59 mph.
The Nogales Airport ASOS KOLS recorded a wind gust to 64 mph.
A wind gust to 59 MPH occurred at the Tucson International Airport. Additional, minor wind damage reports inclusive of minor roof damage occurred in Vail.
Heavy snow with strong gusty winds occurred in northern Greenlee County. The Hannagan Meadow SNOTEL recorded 13 inches of snow.
About 2 inches of liquid equivalent precipitation occurred at the Columbine RAWS at the top of Mount Graham. About 18 inches of snow occurred on Mount Graham along with gusty winds.
About 13 inches of snow occurred in the village of Summerhaven. Strong gusty winds in excess of 40 mph also occurred with this storm system resulting in blowing snow.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arizona in 2024Every state in 2024This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, February 2024
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: 1150921, 1150922, 1150916, 1151188, 1151189, 1151190.