Vermont, 2001

Winter Weather in Vermont, March 9 to 10, 2001

March 9 to 10, 2001 · NWS BTV · 10 events in 10 counties and zones

A low pressure system reorganized off New England during Friday, March 9th. It then moved northeast away from the area on Saturday, March 10th.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 10 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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  • 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
$50,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
10

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 low pressure system reorganized off New England during Friday, March 9th. It then moved northeast away from the area on Saturday, March 10th. Snowfall accumulations were generally 2 to 4 inches with locally higher amounts in the mountains. Slippery roads were reported.

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 9, 10:22 AM EST, 4 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 10:22 AM EST, 4 hours 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
1022 AM EST FRI MAR 9 2001

THE MARCH LION MOVED THROUGH ERLR IN THE WEEK...NOW IT/S TIME
FOR IT/S CUB.

THE TALE OF TWO SEPERATE SHORT WAVES...THKFULLY WITH THIS SYSTEM
WL SPARE US FM WHAT LOOKED LIKE ERLR IN THE WEEK A PSBL PHASING AND
NEAR REPEAT OF THE PAST STORM (ALBEIT I DOUBT TWO 20+ INCH STORMS
WITHIN 5 DAYS). HWVR...SOME DECENT SNOWS STL PSBL IN SECTIONS OF FA.

THE NRN STREAM IS RATHER POTENT WITH A CLOSED ULVL SYSTEM. THE FIRST
S/W ROTATING UNDERNEATH HAS POSITIONED THE DVLPG SFC WAVE AND BETTER
UVM FIELDS SLGTLY N OF MDL FCSTS. THIS MAY ALLOW FOR A SLGTLY HEAVIER
INITAL S+ BURST ACRS ADRNDKS/SRN VT BUT UPSTREAM IT APPEARS THE NXT
S/W IS FURTHER S THAN PRVS MDLS WHICH SHUD SUPPORT A SOUTHWARD SHIFT
IN THE DVLPMNT. ALL IN ALL...A WASH BUT THEY ALSO MAY LEAD TO A SLGT
DELAY IN STORM MVMNT.

LATEST MDL GUIDANCE (NGM/ETA) STL HAS SMLR QPF...WHICH WERE LOWER
FOR FA ANYWAY. BASICALLY...LOOKING AT ADRNDKS TO SEE THERE SNOW THIS
AFTN WITH INITIAL S/W ROTATING THRU WITH REST OF FA WITNESSING THERE
SNOW WITH SFC REDEVLOPMENT AND THIS TO BE CONCENTRATED ACRS SRN/ERN
VT. ATTM...CHMPL VLY AND CNDN BDR MAY BE IN THE WHOLE WITH THE LEAST
AMT OF SNOW BUT WL AWAIT FURTHER GUIDANCE BFR ANY CHGS.

HYDRO: ALL PCPN IN FRZN FORM...SO NO NEAR TERM CONCERNS. HWVR...
DOUBLE-EDGE SWORD AS HVY SNOW IMPACT AND PRBLMS ERLR IN THE WEEK
WL OBVIOUSLY BE A FLOOD CONCERN AS SPRING FLOOD SEASON APPROACHES.

A SUPPLEMENTAL SPRING FLOOD POTENTIAL (ESFBTV - FPUS71 KBTV) WL BE
ISSUED LTR TDY.

.BTV...WNTR STM WRNG TAFTN THRU SAT MRNG VTZ003-004-006>012
       WNTR WX ADVSY LT TDA THRU SAT MRNG VTZ001-002-005
       WNTR WX ADVSY TAFTN THRU TNGT NYZ029>031-034

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The radar

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

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Event by event

10 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Addison

When
March 9, 3:00 PM EST to March 10, 3:00 AM EST
Where
Addison forecast zone
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
44.031, -73.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Caledonia

When
March 9, 3:00 PM EST to March 10, 3:00 AM EST
Where
Caledonia forecast zone
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
44.465, -72.102 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Chittenden

When
March 9, 3:00 PM EST to March 10, 3:00 AM EST
Where
Chittenden forecast zone
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
44.461, -73.081 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Essex

When
March 9, 3:00 PM EST to March 10, 3:00 AM EST
Where
Essex forecast zone
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
44.728, -71.736 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Franklin

When
March 9, 3:00 PM EST to March 10, 3:00 AM EST
Where
Franklin forecast zone
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
44.858, -72.912 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Grand Isle

When
March 9, 3:00 PM EST to March 10, 3:00 AM EST
Where
Grand Isle forecast zone
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
44.797, -73.295 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Lamoille

When
March 9, 3:00 PM EST to March 10, 3:00 AM EST
Where
Lamoille forecast zone
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
44.606, -72.641 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Orleans

When
March 9, 3:00 PM EST to March 10, 3:00 AM EST
Where
Orleans forecast zone
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
44.829, -72.244 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Rutland

When
March 9, 3:00 PM EST to March 10, 3:00 AM EST
Where
Rutland forecast zone
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
43.580, -73.037 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Washington

When
March 9, 3:00 PM EST to March 10, 3:00 AM EST
Where
Washington forecast zone
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
44.273, -72.615 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Winter Weather
Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

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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: 5238194, 5238195, 5238196, 5238197, 5238198, 5238199, 5238200, 5238201, 5238202, 5238203.