A winter storm system brought wind, low elevation rain, and high elevation snow to much of northern Arizona. The greatest amounts of snow fell across the Mogollon Rim.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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 FGZ wrote it up.
A winter storm system brought wind, low elevation rain, and high elevation snow to much of northern Arizona. The greatest amounts of snow fell across the Mogollon Rim. Close to 20 reporting stations had wind gust between 40 and 55 MPH.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Snow started falling late on March 23 and ended late March 24. Ten and a half inches of snow fell at the NWS office in Bellemont. Mormon Lake received 9 inches and Snowbowl received at least 13 inches.
Forest Lakes received 15.0 inches of new snow by 1000 AM on March 25.
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, March 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1169001, 1173854.