Vermont, 2001

Winter Storm in Vermont, February 5 to 6, 2001

February 5 to 6, 2001 · NWS BTV · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

A storm system developed off the coast of Virginia early Monday, February 5, 2001 and moved northeast . It moved across extreme southeast coastal New England late Monday night and into the Gulf of Maine early Tuesday, February 6th.

Where it happened

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  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$150,000
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 developed off the coast of Virginia early Monday, February 5, 2001 and moved northeast . It moved across extreme southeast coastal New England late Monday night and into the Gulf of Maine early Tuesday, February 6th. Steady snow spread across the area during the morning and was heavy at times in the afternoon of Monday, February 5th and continued overnight. The snow tapered off to flurries early Tuesday morning, February 6th. Some automobile accidents reported. Across the counties, generally between 8 and 21 inches fell with the heaviest over and east of the mountains. In Windsor county, Springfield reported a total of 21 inches while in Rutland county, East Wallingford reported 10 inches.

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 Feb 5, 3:40 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 5, 3:40 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
340 PM EST MON FEB 5 2001

NO ICWF FOR THIS FCST PACKAGE. COASTAL LOW MOVING TO NE...HEADING
TOWARD CAPE COD. MDL FCSTS PRETTY WELL IN AGRMT...WTH SFC LO NEAR
ERN LONG ISLAND BY 00Z. EARLIER SNOW BAND OVR ERN NY HAS KIND OF
FIZZLED...WHICH SHUD KEEP MOST OF 'DACKS BLO ADVSRY CRITERIA. KEPT
SAME ZONE GRPGS AND WRNG/ADVISORY GROUPS FOR TONIGHTS PACKAGE AS WX
IS COOPERATING WELL WITH PREVIOUS FCST.

SNOW BAND HAS MOVED INTO BTV AREA...AND RADAR MOSAIC SHOWG LARGE
BAND OF 20-30 DBZ RETURNS MOVG UP INTO SRN VT. WNDS ACRS MUCH OF VT
FROM N ALREADY...WTH SLY WNDS ON VWP ABOVE THAT.

BEST TIME FOR SNOW LOOKS TO BE BEFORE MIDNIGHT. LO PASSES CAPE
ARND 06Z...AND BY 09Z IS INTO THE GULF OF MAINE. DOWNSLOPE
IN ERN AND SRN VT WL INHIBIT SNOW TOWARD EARLY MORNING...BUT
CHAMPLAIN VALLEY MAY KEEP SNOWSHOWERS GOING LONGER WITH NWLY UPSLOPE
FLOW.

FOR TUES...SNOW SHWRS TAPERING OFF DURG MORNING...WTH CLDS HANGING
ARND. S/WV TROF PASSES THRU TUE NGHT/WED MORNING WITH ANOTHER CHC
FOR SNOW.

UPR RIDGE BLDS IN ON WEDNESDAY...WTH SFC HI PASSING TO S WED
NIGHT/THURSDAY.

WARMUP FRIDAY WL GET TEMPS INTO 40S...WTH SOUTH WINDS BLOWING
UP ALL THE WAY FROM THE GULF. WL NEED TO KEEP AN EYE FOR PSBL
SNOWMELT EVENT FOR FRIDAY. STRONG CDFNT FRI NGT/SAT MORNING BRINGS
COLD TEMPS BACK.

HANSON

.BTV...WINTER STORM WARNING VTZ003-004-007-010>012 TuHROUGH TONIGHT.
       WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NYZ034-035-VTZ002-005-006-009 THIS
        AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

The radar

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Event by event

2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Storm, Windsor

When
February 5, 5:00 PM EST to February 6, 2:45 AM EST
Where
Windsor forecast zone
Property damage
$75,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Storm, Rutland

When
February 5, 5:00 PM EST to February 6, 2:45 AM EST
Where
Rutland forecast zone
Property damage
$75,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
43.580, -73.037 (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: 5234432, 5234433.