New York, 2001

Winter Storm in New York, March 30, 2001

March 30, 2001 · NWS BTV · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

A storm system moved slowly northeast along the New England coast Friday, March 30th and Friday night. Steady snow fell across the area, especially across elevated terrain with lesser amounts in the valley.

Where it happened

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  • Cold
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$20,000
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 BTV wrote it up.

A storm system moved slowly northeast along the New England coast Friday, March 30th and Friday night. Steady snow fell across the area, especially across elevated terrain with lesser amounts in the valley. In general 7 inches or less of wet snow fell.

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 Burlington, VT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 30, 3:24 PM EST, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 3:24 PM EST, 1 hour 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
324 PM EST FRI MAR 30 2001

IN THE SHORT TERM...WILL MAINTAIN ALL WARNINGS BUT ADJUST AMOUNTS
BASED ON REPORTS ALREADY RECEIVED.  ESSENTIALLY BULK OF THE
HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATER THIS EVENING AND
ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AS STRONGEST 850/700MB FRONTOGENESIS
SHIFTS EAST OF THE REGION.  ALREADY SEEING THAT A LITTLE ON
SATELLITE/RADAR WITH BEST ENHANCEMENT/LARGEST PRECIPITATION SHIELD
NOW EXTENDING ACROSS NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MAINE.  STILL SNOWING GOOD
UNDER DEFORMATION AXIS ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK AND VERMONT...
ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SOUTHERN FRINGE OF THE ENHANCED CLOUDS ACROSS
THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS AND NORTHWEST VERMONT...WHICH IS A FAVORED
REGION FOR ENHANCED SNOW.  IT WAS MIXING WITH RAIN AND SLEET
EARLIER ACROSS THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY BUT NOW APPEARS TO BE ALL SNOW.
WILL MENTION CATEGORICAL PRECIPITATION UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN TAPER
OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS.  PLENTY OF CLOUDS/LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
WILL KEEP MINIMUM TEMPERATURES AROUND THE FREEZING MARK.

WEAK ELONGATED UPPER TROUGH TO KEEP A THREAT OF SNOW SHOWERS OVER
MOST OF THE REGION ON SATURDAY.  MAINTAINED IDEA OF SNOW SHOWERS
LIKELY FOR ALL BUT SOUTH CENTRAL VERMONT.  DID NOT MENTION ANY SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS HOWEVER.  HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD GENERALLY BE IN
THE MID 30S.

SOME DRYING TAKE PLACE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...BUT LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE WILL STILL LINGER.  JUST MENTIONED MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES
WITH NO PRECIPITATION AS IT APPEARS THERE WILL NOT BE MUCH IN THE
WAY OF ANY FORCING MECHANISMS TO ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL FOR
PRECIPITATION.  LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES SHOULD TAKE PLACE
WITH LOWS SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE 25 TO 30 DEGREE RANGE AND HIGHS ONCE
AGAIN ON SUNDAY IN THE MID 30S.

IN THE EXTENDED...IT APPEARS THE NEXT UPSTREAM SHORTWAVE TROUGH
WILL DIG FAR ENOUGH SOUTH TO KEEP BULK OF HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION FAR
ENOUGH AWAY FROM THE FORECAST AREA.  AVN IS FURTHEST NORTH WITH
THIS FEATURE BUT HAS BEEN TRENDING FURTHER SOUTH WITH TIME...SO
WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE NEXT RUN COME IN WITH THE FURTHER SOUTH
TRACK.  WILL MAINTAIN THE CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE FORECAST AS IT NO
DOUBT WOULD BE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW.  BEYOND THAT...TREND WILL BE
FOR FLOW ALOFT TO EVENTUALLY BACK TO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST BY
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...SO NO PRECIPITATION EXPECTED UNTIL FRIDAY
WHEN A SHORTWAVE APPROACHES AND BRINGS A CHANCE FOR SOME RAIN
SHOWERS.  A GRADUAL WARMING TREND SHOULD TAKE PLACE BY MID WEEK...
BUT STILL TEMPERATURES SHOULD ONLY BE IN THE 40S.

ALBPNSBTV JUST ISSUED WITH NEW SNOW AMOUNTS.

ALBZFPBTV WILL BE ISSUED BY 330 PM.

EVENSON

.BTV...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT NYZ026>031-034-035-
       VTZ001>012.

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Event by event

2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Storm, Northern St. Lawrence

When
March 30, 5:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
Where
Northern St. Lawrence forecast zone
Property damage
$10,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
44.501, -75.116 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Southern St. Lawrence

When
March 30, 5:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
Where
Southern St. Lawrence forecast zone
Property damage
$10,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
44.501, -75.116 (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

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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: 5238310, 5238311.