Connecticut, 2001Winter Storm in Connecticut, February 5, 2001
February 5, 2001 · NWS ALY · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 winter storm, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What forecasters said that day
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 Albany, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 5, 4:05 AM EST, 7 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 5, 4:05 AM EST, 7 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
405 AM EST MON FEB 5 2001
.DISC...MDLS ARE IN MCH CLSR AGRMNT TNGHT ON SFC LOW TRCK AND RAPID
DEEPENING. H5 TROF FTRS WITH EXTRMELY SHRP NEG TILT TROF AXIS THRU
SRN NJ AT 00Z TUE ALSO IN AGRMNT. MAIN AREA OF DIFFERENCE IS IN QPF
AMTS WITH MESO ETA AND ETA STL HAVG THE MST PCPN ACRS FA WITH AVN
LEAST AND NGM SLGHTLY MOR THAN AVN. ETA QPF LOOKS SLIGHTLY OVERDONE
AND CONTS TO PUSH AXIS OF HEAVIEST PCPN TOO FAR TO N AND W. GEM ONC
AGAIN HAS THE BST TIMING...AS WITH THE DEC 30TH STORM. SNW EXPANDING
VRY RAPIDLY N AND WILL RCH NRN PTN OF FA ARND DAYBREAK...GEM IS THE ONLY
MDL THIS FST ALTHOUGH GEM QPF LWR THAN YSTRDY. BOTTOM LN IS PREFER
GEM TIMING AND SLIGHTLY UNDR ETA QPFS. THANKS TO ALL WFOS FOR COOR.
.SHORT TERM...FCST SPECIFICS HEAVIEST SNW WL BE FM LATE MRNG THRU
ERLY EVNG WITH SNOW MICROPHYSICS BASED ON BUFKIT SNDGS FVRG ARND A
13 TO 1 RATIO WITH A PERIOD OF 1 TO 2 INCH PER HR SNOWFALL AMTS DURG
THE AFT. HEAVIEST AXIS OF SNOW SHLD RUN FM ERN CATSKLS AND MID
HUDSON VLY UP THRU GTR CAP DSTRCT...TACONICS AND BERKS INTO SRN VT.
WL PUT HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS IN SRN VT...TACOINICS AND BERKS DUE TO
SOM UPSLOPE ENHANCEMENT...WITH 12 TO 18 INCHES AND 8 TO 16 INCHES
ACRS RMNDR OF HEAVIEST AXIS. WL THEN TAPER AMTS OFF QUICKLY TO THE N
AND W WITH ONLY AN ADVISORY WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES HERKIMER CTY.
.LONG TERM...WL TAPER SNW OFF ARND MIDNIGHT MCH OF FA...XCPT WL
LINGER SNW LONGER ACRS SRN VT WHERE SOM WRAP ARND MSTR MAY KEEP AT
LEAST MOD SNW GOING TIL ARND 400 AM. NO CHNGS TO EXTENDED AT THIS
TIME.
.ALY...WINTER STORM WARNING THROUGH THIS EVENING
NYZ033-039>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-MAZ001-CTZ001
WINTER STORM WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT
VTZ013-014
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THROUGH THIS EVENING
NYZ032-038Winter Storm, Litchfield
- When
- February 5, 12:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Litchfield forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.847, -73.221 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Two areas of low pressure, one centered over the Ohio valley and the other over Florida, merged into one storm off the North Carolina coast by early Feburary 5th. This potent storm further intensified as it moved up the eastern seaboard and became the season's second major nor'easter. By early Feburary 6th, the storm center was east of Cape Cod. The air was cold enough for most of the precipitation to fall as snow with this storm, though a little sleet did mix in. A swath of very heavy snowfall buried Litchfield county with well over a foot of snow. Snowfall rates were as heavy as 4 inches per hour during the height of the storm late on the afternoon of the 5th. Specific amounts included Norfolk with 16.2 inches, Bakersville, 20 and Burville, 21. Besides school and some business closings, there were no unusual problems reported to the National Weather Service with this storm. Temperatures rose to above freezing the following day, making the snow removal that much easier.
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Winter Storm in Vermont, February 5 to 6, 20011 death · $75,000 · 1 event
- Winter Storm in Vermont, February 5 to 6, 2001$225,000 · 3 events
- Winter Storm in Vermont, February 5 to 6, 2001$150,000 · 3 events
- Winter Storm in Vermont, February 5 to 6, 2001$150,000 · 2 events
- Winter Weather in New York, February 5 to 6, 2001$30,000 · 6 events
- Winter Storm in New York, February 5 to 6, 200119 events
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Massachusetts, February 5 to 6, 200150 kt wind · 18 events
- Heavy Snow in Maine, February 5 to 6, 200117 events
- Winter Weather in Vermont, February 5 to 6, 2001$20,000 · 2 events
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, February 5 to 6, 200112 events
- Winter Storm in Maine, February 5 to 6, 200112 events
- Heavy Snow and Sleet in New Jersey, February 5, 200111 events
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5229900.