Winter Storm, Grand Isle
- When
- March 5, 7:00 PM EST to March 6, 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Grand Isle forecast zone
- Property damage
- $75,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.797, -73.295 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in Vermont, March 5 to 6, 2001
A storm system developed off the Virginia coast early Monday, March 5th. It moved slowly northeast to near Cape Cod, Ma during late Monday night, March 5th and Tuesday morning, March 6th.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- $225,000
- 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 developed off the Virginia coast early Monday, March 5th. It moved slowly northeast to near Cape Cod, Ma during late Monday night, March 5th and Tuesday morning, March 6th. The storm then moved slowly away from New England during Tuesday, March 6th. Snow overspread Vermont Monday morning (March 5th) and became steady and heavier by afternoon and continued through the night before tapering off late Tuesday, March 6th. The snow was heavy at times. Some impacts included: Many schools were closed and many towns postponed their Town meeting day. A number of accidents were reported including some on I-89. Generally, between 12 and 30 inches of snow fell, with the least in the extreme north and in the shadow effect area of eastern Orleans county. A few snowfall reports included: In Franklin county, Enosburg Falls reported 16 inches while in Orleans county, Newport reported 19 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 Mar 5, 3:34 PM EST, 3 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 3:34 PM EST, 3 hours 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 334 PM EST MON MAR 5 2001 SNOWING LIKE CRAZY OUTSIDE AND ITS GOING TO CONTINUE. IR LOOP OVER PAST HALF HR SHOWING RAPIDLY COOLING TOPS AND PLUME OF MSTR EXTENDING ACRS ERN LONG ISLAND UP INTO CHAMPLAIN VLY. MORNING'S ETA RUN YET AGAIN A LTL FURTHER N THAN LAST RUNS...AND SFC LO TAKES AN IMPRESSIVE TURN TO THE WEST DURG DAY TUES AND LOOPS ARND AS IT GETS CAPTURED BY MAIN UPR CLOSED LO. SOME DIFFERENCES BTWN ETA AND AVN... WTH AVN FURTHER E AFT 24 HRS AND A LITTLE LESS EAGER TO MOVE SFC LOW TO W. WE'LL GET MOST SNOW TONIGHT...AND MDL DIFFERENCES WON'T COME IN TO PLAY UNTIL TUESDAY. MSTR AND HIGHEST QPF POINTED AT VT THROUGH PD...FIRST FROM SE AS LO APPROACHES SRN NEW ENGLAND...THEN FM E AS LOW CRANKS AWAY S OF THE CAPE. WL GET A GOOD 12 HRS OF STEADY SNOWS OVERNIGHT. EXTENDED SNOW A LTL LATER IN DAY ON TUES WHILE SFC LOW MAKES ITS LOOP...THEN HEADS E ON WED. UPPED STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS. WE HAD SEVERAL REPORTS IN ADDISON VT/ESSEX NY OF 7 INCHES ALREADY...SO ADJUSTED TOTALS UP ACCORDINGLY. WIND OVERNGT AND TUES SHUD BE UP TO 15-25 MPH...WTH BLOWING/DRIFING SNOW. BREAK ON WED/THU...THEN FRI INTO SATURDAY AVN IS SHOWING THE NEXT UPR TROF TAKING ON A NEGATIVE TILT...WTH SFC LO CROSSING INTO THE ATLANTIC OVR NEW JERSEY. WL HAVE TO WATCH FOR ANOTR COASTAL STORM THIS WEEKEND. COORD WTH GYX...ALY...BUF...BUT WAS MISSED B8Y THE CONF CALL. WORKZONES ALREADY OUT. .BTV...WNTR STM WRNG VTZ001>012-NYZ029>031-034 THRU TUE. HANSON
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Franklin
- When
- March 5, 7:00 PM EST to March 6, 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Franklin forecast zone
- Property damage
- $75,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.858, -72.912 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Orleans
- When
- March 5, 7:00 PM EST to March 6, 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Orleans forecast zone
- Property damage
- $75,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.829, -72.244 (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
- Flooding and Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, March 5 to 6, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Rhode Island, March 5 to 6, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Connecticut, March 5 to 6, 2001
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, March 5 to 6, 2001
- Winter Storm in Vermont, March 5 to 6, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, March 5 to 6, 2001
- Winter Storm in Vermont, March 5 to 6, 2001
- Winter Storm in New York, March 5 to 6, 2001
- Winter Storm in New York, March 5 to 6, 2001
- Winter Storm in New York, March 5 to 6, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, March 5 to 6, 2001
- High Wind in North Carolina, March 5, 2001
More
Every storm in Vermont in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Vermont, 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: 5238117, 5238118, 5238119.