FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - The Latest on Arizona weather (all times local):
6 p.m.
The Arizona Department of Transportation has reopened a 36-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 180 north of Flagstaff.
Heavy snow and drifts had closed that section of the highway on Monday.
ADOT officials say the 36-mile stretch was reopened Tuesday evening.
The Flagstaff area got about three feet of snow in the last six days as several storms barreled across northern Arizona.
The National Weather Service reports that Flagstaff-area locations got between 30 and 40 inches of snow, including nearly 36 inches at the Flagstaff airport.
According to the weather service’s Flagstaff office, that official reading for the city is its 12th greatest for a six-day event. The record is 63.9 inches ending on Feb. 7, 1901.
9:30 a.m.
The Flagstaff area got about three feet of snow in the last six days as several storms barreled across northern Arizona.
The National Weather Service reports that Flagstaff-area locations got between 30 and 40 inches of snow, including 35.7 inches at the Flagstaff airport.
According to the weather service’s Flagstaff office, that official reading for the city is its 12th greatest for a six-day event. The record is 63.9 inches ending on Feb. 7, 1901.
Forecasters say cold conditions and scattered snow showers will continue through Tuesday, particularly over higher terrain and along the Mogollon Rim.
Colder air has moved into the region behind the storm system.
In southern Arizona, a freeze warning is been issued Wednesday morning for the Tucson area and parts of Pinal County.
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6:45 a.m.
Parts of Arizona are still feeling the effects of the latest winter storm system to hit the state.
The storm system that dropped snow in many areas of northern and eastern Arizona has moved eastward and weakened, and a winter storm warning for Flagstaff and high-country communities has expired.
However, public schools in Flagstaff are closed Tuesday because of weather and road conditions, with authorities reporting that roads and highways in the Flagstaff area are still covered with snow and slick in spots.
In southern Arizona, a freeze warning is been issued Wednesday morning for the Tucson area and parts of Pinal County.
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