PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
 1000 AM MST SAT JAN 23 2010
 
 ...A SERIES OF WINTER STORM SYSTEMS BROUGHT NEAR RECORD 
 RAIN...SNOW...AND FLOODING TO MUCH OF NORTHERN ARIZONA MONDAY 
 THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...
 
 ...THE FIRST IN THE SERIES OF STORMS ARRIVED ON MONDAY AND BROUGHT 
 MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND RAINFALL TOTALS TO MUCH OF NORTHERN 
 ARIZONA.
 
 ...A SECOND STORM MOVED ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA TUESDAY 
 EVENING...ADDING TO THE 5 DAY SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS AND RAINFALL 
 TOTALS WITH SOME AREAS RECEIVING OVER A FOOT OF SNOW AND OVER AN 
 INCH IN TOTAL PRECIPITATION.
 
 ...A VERY SEVERE WINTER STORM MOVED INTO NORTHERN ARIZONA WEDNESDAY 
 NIGHT AND CONTINUED THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. 
 
 HEAVY SNOW BEGAN WEDNESDAY EVENING OVER THE MOGOLLON RIM AND AT 
 UNUSUALLY LOW ELEVATIONS SOUTH OF THE MOGOLLON RIM IN YAVAPAI AND 
 GILA COUNTIES.
 
 SNOW LEVELS ROSE RAPIDLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO ABOVE 7000 FEET. 
 DURING THIS TIME PERIOD...WIDESPREAD RAIN DEVELOPED FROM THE 
 MOGOLLON RIM SOUTHWARD AND PRODUCED SEVERE FLOODING A FEW LOCATIONS.
 
 A POWERFUL COLD FRONT SWEPT ACROSS THE STATE THURSDAY 
 NIGHT...LOWERING SNOW LEVELS BACK DOWN TO 4000 TO 4500 FEET. VERY 
 STRONG WINDS OCCURRED WITH THE COLD FRONT CAUSING CONSIDERABLE 
 BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...AND COMPLICATING THE DIRECT 
 MEASUREMENT OF SNOWFALL.
 
 ...EXCESSIVE SNOWFALL AND RAINFALL TOTALS WERE MEASURED IN MANY 
 AREAS ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA FOR THE DURATION OF THIS FIVE DAY 
 PERIOD...FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THE LIST 
 BELOW CONTAINS SNOW AND RAINFALL TOTALS FOR THE ENTIRE 5 DAY EVENT. 
 WE WILL CONTINUE TO UPDATE THIS LIST AS WE RECEIVE THE DATA 
 THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
 
 SNOW REPORTS...SINCE MONDAY:
 
 SUNRISE MOUNTAIN      70 INCHES (5AM MST FRI)
 ARIZONA SNOWBOWL      67 TO 92 INCHES (7AM MST SAT)
 NORTH FLAGSTAFF       55.6 INCHES (10AM MST SAT)
 GRAND CANYON S RIM    51 TO 55 INCHES (7AM MST SAT)
 FLAGSTAFF AIRPORT     53.8 INCHES (5AM MST SAT)
 BELLEMONT             52.5 INCHES (5AM MST SAT)
 MUNDS PARK            50.0 INCHES (9AM MST SAT)
 KACHINA VILLAGE       48.0 INCHES (9AM MST SAT)
 MCNARY 2N             43 INCHES (7AM MST SAT)
 TONTO VILLAGE         41 INCHES (8AM MST SAT)
 WILLIAMS              39 TO 43 INCHES (1030AM MST FRI)
 HEBER                 26 TO 29 INCHES (7AM MST SAT)
 CONCHO                7.5 TO 8.5 INCHES (5AM MST SAT)
 
 
 PRECIPITATION (RAIN OR MELTED SNOW)...SINCE MONDAY:
 
 WET BOTTOM CREEK NEAR CHILDS  12.17 INCHES (800AM MST SAT)
 GLOBE                         11.99 INCHES (800AM MST SAT)
 TONTO CREEK FISH HATCHERY     11.12 INCHES (800AM MST SAT)
 HAPPY JACK                     7.90 INCHES (8AM MST SAT)
 PAYSON                         7.50 INCHES (8AM MST SAT)
 OAK CREEK CANYON               7.34 INCHES (8AM MST SAT)
 PLEASANT VALLEY                7.10 INCHES (8AM MST SAT)
 SEDONA                         6.99 INCHES (5AM MST SAT)
 FLAGSTAFF                      5.27 INCHES (5AM MST SAT)
 FORT VALLEY                    4.95 INCHES (7AM MST SAT)
 BELLEMONT                      4.66 INCHES (5AM MST SAT)
 BAGDAD                         3.78 INCHES (5AM MST SAT)
 HEBER                          3.48 INCHES (8AM MST SAT)
 PRESCOTT AIRPORT               3.33 INCHES (5AM MST SAT)
 WINDOW ROCK                    2.81 INCHES (8AM MST SAT)
 GRAND CANYON AIRPORT           2.09 INCHES (7AM MST SAT)
 WINSLOW                        2.00 INCHES (5AM MST SAT)
 PAGE                           1.12 INCHES (8AM MST SAT)
 ST. JOHNS                      0.89 INCHES (5AM MST SAT)
 
 FOR THE PERIOD MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...BOTH THE 5 DAY TOTAL SNOWFALL 
 AND TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR FLAGSTAFF RANKS 3RD HIGHEST ALL TIME. 
 MORE LOCATIONS AND NUMBERS WILL BE ADDED TO THE ABOVE LIST 
 THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS WE RECEIVE REPORTS FROM THIS HISTORICAL STORM.