Winter Storm, Fayette
- When
- March 6, 5:00 AM EST to 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Fayette forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, March 6, 2001
Strong northwest flow produced additional orographically enhanced snowfall of between 3 and 6 inches along the ridges of Fayette and Westmoreland counties in southwest Pennsylvania.
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 PBZ wrote it up.
Strong northwest flow produced additional orographically enhanced snowfall of between 3 and 6 inches along the ridges of Fayette and Westmoreland counties in southwest Pennsylvania.
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 Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 6, 4:15 AM EST, 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 6, 4:15 AM EST, 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 415 AM EST TUE MAR 6 2001 UPR LO WL MOV SEWD OFF MID ATLANTIC CST TODAY. SNOW SHWRS WL CONT IN WRAP-ARND MOISTURE AND NWLY FLO. WL MENTION ADDTL ACCUM 2 TO 4 INCHES IN MTNS...1-2 INCHES W OF MTNS BY EVE. HV EXTENDED WINTER STORM WRNGS AND ADVISORIES THRU 4 PM...AND HV POSTED WIND ADVISORY FOR MTNS THRU 4 PM AS WELL. NWLY FLO WL CONT TNGT BUT MOISTURE WL GRADLY DCRS AND INVERSION WL LWR. WL KEEP LKLY POPS FOR MTNS WITH ANOTHER INCH OR TWO ACCUM...SCT POPS ELSW WITH PSBL ACCUM AN INCH OR LESS. FCSTID = 14 PIT 25 21 35 25 / 80 50 30 20 HLG 26 22 36 26 / 80 50 30 20 MGW 26 22 36 26 / 80 50 30 20 ZZV 27 23 37 27 / 80 50 30 20 PHD 25 21 35 25 / 80 50 30 20 FKL 20 17 32 20 / 90 60 40 30 DUJ 20 17 32 20 / 90 60 40 30 LBE 24 21 35 23 / 90 70 40 30 BTP 22 19 34 22 / 90 60 40 30 IDI 22 19 34 22 / 90 60 40 30 ODM 23 20 33 21 / 90 70 40 30 .PBZ... MD...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 400 PM EST TODAY FOR ZONE MDZ001. WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 400 PM EST TODAY FOR ZONE MDZ001. OH...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 400 PM EST TODAY FOR ZONES OHZ039>041...OHZ048>050...OHZ057>059...OHZ068>069. PA...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 400 PM EST TODAY FOR ZONES PAZ030...PAZ032. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 400 PM EST TODAY FOR ZONES PAZ007>009...PAZ013>016...PAZ020>023...PAZ029...PAZ031. WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 400 PM EST TODAY FOR ZONES PAZ030...PAZ032. WV...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 400 PM EST TODAY FOR ZONES WVZ023...WVZ041. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 400 PM EST TODAY FOR ZONES WVZ001>004...WVZ012...WVZ021>022. WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 400 PM EST TODAY FOR ZONES WVZ023...WVZ041.
Event by event
2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Westmoreland
- When
- March 6, 5:00 AM EST to 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Westmoreland forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
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
- Storm Surge in Maine, March 6 to 7, 2001
- Storm Surge in New Hampshire, March 6 to 7, 2001
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Virginia, March 6, 2001
- Strong Wind in Virginia, March 6 to 7, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Maine, March 6 to 31, 2001
- High Wind in North Carolina, March 6, 2001
- Strong Wind in Maryland, March 6 to 7, 2001
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, March 6 to 31, 2001
- High Wind in North Carolina, March 6, 2001
- Strong Wind in West Virginia, March 6 to 7, 2001
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, March 6, 2001
- High Wind in North Carolina, March 6, 2001
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, March 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: 5236187, 5236188.