Winter Storm, Central Penobscot
- When
- February 14, 2:00 PM EST to February 15, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Central 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, February 14 to 15, 2001
Low pressure tracking along a warm frontal boundary situated across central portions of the regionproduced a narrow band of 6 to 9 inches of snow.
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
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 a warm frontal boundary situated across central portions of the regionproduced a narrow band of 6 to 9 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 Feb 14, 10:19 AM EST, 3 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 14, 10:19 AM EST, 3 hours 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1019 AM EST WED FEB 14 2001
.UPDATED...
UPDATED TO ADJUST FIRST PERIOD SNOWFALL.
.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST OF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST THIS MORNING. LOW
PRESSURE CURRENTLY NORTH OF THE GREAT LAKES WILL MOVE EAST TODAY AND ACROSS
THE STATE TONIGHT. THIS LOW WILL THEN TRACK EAST THROUGH THE CANADIAN
MARITIMES ON THURSDAY.
DISCUSSION...
WATER VAPOR IMAGERY CURRENTLY SHOWS SHORT WAVE TROF DIVING SOUTHEAST TOWARD
THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES. THIS FEATURE WILL BE THE NEXT WEATHER MAKER TO
AFFECT THE FORECAST AREA FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.
LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS LOW PRESSURE NORTH OF LAKE SUPERIOR. THIS LOW
WILL TRACK EAST TODAY AND CROSS THE STATE TONIGHT BEFORE EXITING EASTWARD
INTO THE CANADIAN MARITIMES EARLY THURSDAY. MODELS NOW TRENDING FURTHER
NORTH WITH THE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM THAN IN PREVIOUS RUNS WHICH KEEPS THE
TRACK OF THE LOW CENTER MAINLY NORTH OF THE GULF OF ME. THIS COMBINED WITH
VERY PROGRESSIVE NATURE OF SYSTEM SHOULD KEEP QPF AMOUNTS JUST BELOW WARNING
CRITERIA.
EXPECT SNOW TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON IN THE WEAK WAA PATTERN
OUT AHEAD OF SYSTEM. THEN EXPECT SNOW TO INCREASE FOR A TIME TONIGHT WITH
THE APPROACH OF UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE AND FAVORABLE JET SUPPORT.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH TO SUPPORT ALL SNOW ACROSS NORTHERN
SECTIONS. HOWEVER ENOUGH WARMING WILL OCCUR ACROSS COASTAL DOWNEAST AREAS
TO RESULT IN PRECIPITATION BECOMING MIXED WITH RAIN. MODELS SHOW THE AXIS
OF THE SHORT WAVE ACROSS THE AREA AT OR AROUND 12Z THU. THIS SHOULD RESULT
IN PRECIPITATION ENDING EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AS THE BEST LIFT AND UPPER
LEVEL SUPPORT MOVES BY TO OUR EAST.
GOOD DOWNWARD MOTION BEHIND THE DEPARTING SYSTEM SHOULD RESULT IN SKIES
BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY BY MIDDAY ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION AS HI PRESSURE
AND DRIER AIR OVERSPREADS THE AREA.
EXTENDED...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL CROSS THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY. ANOTHER
LOW WILL THEN APPROACH LATER FRIDAY AND CROSS THE REGION SATURDAY WITH A
CHANCE OF SNOW MOST AREAS AND SNOW OR MIXED PRECIPITATION ALONG THE COAST.
COASTAL WATERS...
EXPECT WINDS TO INCREASE TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS TODAY AND THEN
CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY.
.CAR...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ZONES 1>6-010-011-015>017 FOR THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY.
FT
2The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Interior Washington
- When
- February 14, 2:00 PM EST to February 15, 2:00 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)
Winter Storm, Southern Piscataquis
- When
- February 14, 2:00 PM EST to February 15, 2:00 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
- Flooding in Texas, February 14 to 28, 2001
- Winter Weather in Vermont, February 14, 2001
- Winter Weather in Oklahoma, February 14 to 16, 2001
- Flash Flood in Arkansas, February 14 to 15, 2001
- Winter Weather in Iowa, February 14, 2001
- Winter Weather in Vermont, February 14, 2001
- High Wind in Hawaii, February 14 to 16, 2001
- Winter Weather in Illinois, February 14, 2001
- Dense Fog in Florida, February 14, 2001
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, February 14 to 15, 2001
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, February 14, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Montana, February 14, 2001
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: 5232777, 5232778, 5232779.