New Hampshire, 2001

Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, February 14 to 15, 2001

February 14 to 15, 2001 · NWS GYX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Low pressure moving eastward through southern Quebec into northern Maine brought a mixture of precipitation to the state. In Coos County, the precipitation fell mainly as snow and accumulated from 3 to 6 inches.

Where it happened

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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 GYX wrote it up.

Low pressure moving eastward through southern Quebec into northern Maine brought a mixture of precipitation to the state. In Coos County, the precipitation fell mainly as snow and accumulated from 3 to 6 inches. South of Coos County, the precipitation fell mainly as rain, although northern Grafton and Carroll Counties reported 1 to 3 inches of snow before the snow changed to rain.

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 Gray, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 14, 2:28 PM EST, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 14, 2:28 PM EST, 2 hours 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
228 PM EST WED FEB 14 2001

BROAD TROF OF LOW PRES OVER WRN NY CONTS TO GET ITS ACT TGTHR AS IT
SLIDES ERWD THS PM.  SOME WEAK LIFT IN WAA AHD OF SYSTM PRCDG SPOTTY
SHWRS ACRSS SRN NEW ENG/NY...WTH SOME S- ACRSS NRN NY. MDLS HV BACKED
OFF ON INTNSTY OF INTIAL BATCH OF LIFT FR 18Z-00Z PRD...AND THIS IS
BORN OUT IN CRRNT 88D CMPST. MDLS SIMILAR IN BRINGING BST SHOT OF UVM
WTH STRNG VRT MX ASSOC WTH APPRCHG UPPR TROF AND INTNSIFYG WAA
BETWEEN 00Z-06Z. BY THAT TIME INCREASING SLY FLOW WILL HAV SCOURED
OUT MUCH OF THE REMAINING COLD AIR IN SRN NH AND MOST CSTL LCTNS
ALRDY ABV FREEZING...SO NOT LOOKING FOR MCH MR THAN RAIN IN THESE
AREAS.

TEMPS MAY NOT REACH THE FREEZING MARK IN INTERIOR SCTNS OF SRN ME WHR
PRECIP MAY BRIEFLY STRT AS SNOW...BUT MAJORTY WILL FALL AS SLEET AND
ZR. MR IN THE WAY OF SNOW AND LESS MIX IN FTHLLS ME/NH WHR 2-4 INCHES
EXPCTD...AND ALL SNOW IN MTNS WHR 3-6 INCHS WILL PILE UP FROM INTIAL
BURST...COMBINED WTH UPSLP SNOW AS LOW PASSES LATER TNGT.

HIGH PRES BLDS IN QUCKLY TMMRW AS LOW RACES EWRD. CLDS AND A FEW
FLRRS MAY LNGR IN MTNS OF ME/NH THEN PS. ELSWHR DWNSLP WINDS BRNG MS
SKIES BY MID MRNG.

CLR AND FROSTY THU NHT...AND MDLS NOW BRINGING SYSTM UP FRM THE S ON
FRI WHCH WILL RSLT IN INRSG CLDS AND SLGT CHC SW- IN SRN NH BY LT IN
THE DAY.

OFFSHR...S TO SWLY WNDS INCRSG 20-30 KTS...VEERING TO THE NW OVRNGT
AND DMNSHG ON THU...CONT SCA.

GYX...WINTER WX ADVSRYS MEZ007>009-012>014-018>022
   ...WINTER WX ADVSRYS NHZ001>006
   ...SCA.

EJS

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Event by event

2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Northern Coos

When
February 14, 5:00 PM EST to February 15, 6:00 AM EST
Where
Northern Coos forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
44.690, -71.305 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Southern Coos

When
February 14, 5:00 PM EST to February 15, 6:00 AM EST
Where
Southern Coos forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
44.690, -71.305 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Heavy Snow
Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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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: 5232680, 5232681.