Maine, 2001

Winter Storm in Maine, February 1, 2001

February 1, 2001 · NWS CAR · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

Low pressure tracking along the Maine coast produced 6 to 8 inches of snow across extremeDowneast Maine from the afternoon of January 31st through the early morning hours of February 1st.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 3 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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

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.

Low pressure tracking along the Maine coast produced 6 to 8 inches of snow across extremeDowneast Maine from the afternoon of January 31st through the early morning hours of February 1st.

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 Jan 31, 10:20 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 31, 10:20 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1020 PM EST WED JAN 31 2001

.SYNOPSIS...
LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE GULF OF MAINE SPREADING SIGNIFICANT SNOW
MAINLY TO DOWNEAST OVERNIGHT.  AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING THE
THREAT FOR LIGHT SNOW OR SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY AFTERNOON
INTO FRIDAY.

DISCUSSION...
HAVE UPDATED ZONES 16/17/29/30 TO A WINTER STORM WARNING BASED ON RECEIVED
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM SPOTTERS/LAW ENFORCEMENT ALONG WITH CURRENT RADAR
MOSAIC. WILL CONTINUE WITH WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ZONE 15. SOME MINOR
TWEAKS MADE TO OTHER FIRST PERIOD ZONES.

COASTAL WATERS...
WILL CONTINUE WITH SCA WITH LOW DEEPENING IN THE GULF OF MAINE OVERNIGHT.

.CAR...WINTER STORM WARNING ZNS 16/17/29/30 OVERNIGHT.
       WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ZN 15 OVERNIGHT.
       SCA.

FITZSIMMONS

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

3 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Storm, Coastal Washington

When
February 1, 12:00 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST
Where
Coastal Washington forecast zone
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
44.970, -67.609 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Interior Hancock

When
February 1, 12:00 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST
Where
Interior Hancock forecast zone
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
44.563, -68.368 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Interior Washington

When
February 1, 12:00 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST
Where
Interior Washington forecast zone
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
44.970, -67.609 (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

More

Every storm in Maine in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, February 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: 5232883, 5232884, 5232885.