Heavy Snow, Rolette
- When
- December 5, 7:00 AM CST to 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Rolette forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 48.772, -99.841 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in North Dakota, December 5, 2001
Low pressure over Nebraska moved northeast into Minnesota and intensified. The storm brought heavy snow to north central North Dakota with up to 10 inches reported.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 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
- 5
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 BIS wrote it up.
Low pressure over Nebraska moved northeast into Minnesota and intensified. The storm brought heavy snow to north central North Dakota with up to 10 inches reported. The heaviest band of snow, 6 to 10 inches fell from Divide and Williams countiesexpanding eastward to eastern Bottineau and western McHenry counties. The snow reports were from cooperative observersacross northern North Dakota.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Bottineau
- When
- December 5, 9:00 AM CST to 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bottineau forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 48.792, -100.833 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, McHenry
- When
- December 5, 10:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- McHenry forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 48.235, -100.636 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Pierce
- When
- December 5, 12:00 PM CST to 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pierce forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 48.250, -99.972 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Renville
- When
- December 5, 2:00 PM CST to 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Renville forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 48.719, -101.658 (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.
The same day elsewhere
- Blizzard in Idaho, December 5, 2001
- Strong Wind in Wisconsin, December 5, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, December 5, 2001
- Strong Wind in Wisconsin, December 5 to 6, 2001
- Blizzard and Heavy Snow in Oregon, December 5, 2001
- Winter Storm in North Dakota, December 5, 2001
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, December 5, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, December 5 to 7, 2001
- Hail in Michigan, December 5, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 5 to 7, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, December 5, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 5 to 6, 2001
More
Every storm in North Dakota in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in North Dakota, 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5274966, 5274962, 5274963, 5274964, 5274965.