The last of three winter storms moved through starting the night of February 19th and lasting through the morning of February 20th. This was the coldest storm of the three with snow falling lower than the previous two storms.
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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.
The last of three winter storms moved through starting the night of February 19th and lasting through the morning of February 20th. This was the coldest storm of the three with snow falling lower than the previous two storms. However, this was another fast moving storm with gusty high winds, so snowfall amounts were difficult to measure and lower than expected.
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 19, 2:45 PM MST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
A COOP Observer reported 5.7 inches of snow at Grand Canyon Village 25 E.
Public reported, via photos on Facebook, 6.5 inches of snow measured at 2 SSW Fredonia.
Snow amounts ranged from 1.0 inches to 5.0 inches. The peak snowfall amount of 5.0 inches occurred at Parks 4.5 SW.
Snowfall amounts ranged from 4.5 to 9.0 inches. The peak snowfall amount of 9.0 inches was measured at 7 SW Forest Lakes.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arizona in 2026Every state in 2026This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, February 2026
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: 1307036, 1307023, 1307021, 1307022.