This, too, shall pass

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For those who do not think it snows in Arizona, you may be in for a surprise when you visit northern Arizona. Do not drive like you do at home.

WILLIAMS — This storm is passing. The prediction is about 3 more inches through the day and into the early evening. Tomorrow mostly sunny and partly sunny Thursday. A high of 37 Wednesday and 45 Thursday. It is expected to be bitterly cold tonight and Wednesday night. Possibly as low as 3-degrees. Williams received 20″ of snow with Flagstaff achieving 21″.

The Winter Weather Warning from the Weather Service ended as of 2 p.m. today.

Another storm will come through Friday and Saturday, but is expected to leave less than one inch of snow.

This storm did not significantly impact the infrastructure as did the storm of November 2019. There were reports of some spotty power outages and some Internet failures. The power and phones, however, did remain active for the most part. There was a lot of trouble with slide-offs and accidents along the I-40 and I-17. And there were those who parked their vehicles in the middle of Railroad avenue and walked off.

Do not park in the middle of the road during snow removal.


The current road conditions as of this writing are:
Plan for long backups on sections of I-40 between Kingman and Flagstaff due to the weather.
The following highways are closed due to extreme winter conditions
Interstate 17 northbound is closed between SR 179 and Lake Mary Road (mileposts 299-340)
US 191 from mileposts 225 to 254 (just south of Alpine)
State Route 87 between the Bush Highway and Winslow (mileposts 236-342)
State Route 260 between Star Valley and Heber, and from east of Camp Verde to SR 87
US 60 in both directions from Globe to Show Low
State Route 89A between Sedona and Interstate 17; and from Jerome to Clarkdale
State Route 89 from north of Peeples Valley to just south of Prescott
State Route 288 westbound between SR 188 and YoungState Route 89A between Sedona and Interstate 17; and from Jerome to Clarkdale
State Route 89 from north of Peeples Valley to just south of Prescott
State Route 288 westbound between SR 188 and Young

The Coconino Amateur Radio Emergency service was active just prior to the storm through until 1 p.m. today. The Weather Service held briefings with the Emergency Operation Center and other agencies daily through the storm.

Call 511 or visit az511.gov before you go to check for current road conditions.

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