Vermont, 2001

Winter Storm in Vermont, March 30 to 31, 2001

March 30 to 31, 2001 · NWS BTV · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

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

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$150,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

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. Significant snow fell across the area, especially across the elevated terrain with lesser amounts in the valleys. In general between 10 and 20 inches of snow fell. A few snowfall reports by county included: Windsor county...Rochester 15 inches with 10 inches in Springfield. Orange county...19 inches in Brookfield. Washington county...Waitsfield reported 15 inches. The snow that fell was heavy and wet with some power outages and slippery roads with some accidents.

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, 9:55 AM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 9:55 AM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
955 AM EST FRI MAR 30 2001

SNOW HAS FINALLY OVERSPREAD JUST ABOUT THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA THIS
MORNING...WHICH GOING FORECAST HAD ELUDED TO.  ALREADY HAVE PICKED
UP A GENERAL 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHERN VERMONT WITH AS MUCH AS
6 INCHES IN SOME SPOTS.  SNOW WILL PERSIST ALL DAY AND INTO TONIGHT
THUS WARNINGS IN PLACE LOOK GOOD.  WITH THE INTENSITY OF THE SNOW
THAT HAS ALREADY DEVELOPED ALONG WITH THE DEFORMATION ZONE
BEGINNING TO GET ESTABLISHED...PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA SHOULD
SEE VERY HEAVY SNOWS ABOVE 1000 FEET.  THUS THE NORTHERN
ADIRONDACKS AND MOST OF THE MOUNTAINS IN VERMONT SHOULD SEE 10 TO 20
INCHES OF SNOW.  WILL UP THE TOTAL MOST AREAS...MAINLY IN THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS.  OTHER ISSUE IS THE SAINT LAWRENCE VALLEY.
BECAUSE OF THE LARGE SIZE OF THE ZONES AND WHERE THE DEFORMATION
ZONE IS SETTING UP...AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF ROUTE 11 IN SAINT
LAWRENCE AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO REACH
WARNING CRITERIA.  AREAS ALONG THE SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER WILL
APPROACH WARNING CRITERIA...BUT MAY JUST FALL SHORT.  SO TO BLEND
WITH BUF DECISION TO GO WITH WARNINGS OVER JEFFERSON...LEWIS
COUNTIES...WILL UPGRADE TO A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN
SAINT LAWRENCE AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES.  NO OTHER CHANGES TO GOING
FORECAST AT THIS TIME.

UPDATED ZONES TO BE SENT BY 1000 AM.

EVENSON

.BTV...WINTER STORM WARNING THROUGH THIS EVENING NYZ026>031-034-035-
       VTZ001>012.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

3 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Storm, Windsor

When
March 30, 11:00 AM EST to March 31, 1:00 AM EST
Where
Windsor forecast zone
Property damage
$50,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT

Winter Storm, Orange

When
March 30, 11:00 AM EST to March 31, 1:00 AM EST
Where
Orange forecast zone
Property damage
$50,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
44.006, -72.377 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Washington

When
March 30, 11:00 AM EST to March 31, 1:00 AM EST
Where
Washington forecast zone
Property damage
$50,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
44.273, -72.615 (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: 5238297, 5238298, 5238299.