Winter Storm, Southern Penobscot
- When
- December 20, 2:00 PM EST to December 21, 4:00 AM EST
- Where
- Southern Penobscot forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.401, -68.649 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in Maine, December 20 to 21, 2001
provided a focus for a small area of 6 to 10 inches of snow.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 happened
The episode as NWS CAR wrote it up.
A trof axis extending from low pressure over the Gulf of Maine to a second low across northwest New England...provided a focus for a small area of 6 to 10 inches of snow.
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 Caribou, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 20, 1:00 PM EST, 1 hour earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 20, 1:00 PM EST, 1 hour before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 100 PM EST THU DEC 20 2001 .UPDATED... UPDATED TO INCLUDE FREEZING RAIN OVER INTERIOR DOWNEAST...AND TO REMOVE MENTION OF SNOW ALONG COAST...OTHERWISE...NO CHANGES. .SYNOPSIS...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM INTENSIFYING OFF THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COAST WILL MOVE TO A POSITION SOUTH OF NOVA SCOTIA TONIGHT. AS A RESULT... THE THREAT FOR HEAVY SNOWFALL HAS DIMINISHED. .DISCUSSION... .UPDATED... UPDATED TO DROP WATCH OVER NORTHEAST PORTION OF STATE AND LOWERED SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THIS AREA. REFRESHED WORDING...TEMPS LOOK REASONABLE...NO OTHER CHANGES. 12Z MODEL RUNS ARE BACKING OFF ON AMOUNT AND POSITION OF THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL. COASTAL WATERS...WITH DEVELOPING COASTAL LOW...WILL MENTION POSSIBLE GALE FORCE WINDS FOR FRIDAY NIGHT. .CAR...NONE. BT/LG
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Southern Piscataquis
- When
- December 20, 2:00 PM EST to December 21, 4:00 AM EST
- Where
- Southern Piscataquis forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.837, -69.284 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in California, December 20, 2001
- Heavy Snow in California, December 20, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Maine, December 20 to 21, 2001
- Winter Weather in California, December 20 to 21, 2001
- Strong Wind in West Virginia, December 20, 2001
- Winter Storm and High Wind in Alaska, December 20 to 21, 2001
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, December 20, 2001
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, December 20 to 21, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 20 to 21, 2001
- High Wind in Alaska, December 20, 2001
- High Wind in Virginia, December 20, 2001
- Strong Wind in Virginia, December 20, 2001
More
Every storm in Maine in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, December 2001
Sources
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: 5274576, 5274577.