Heavy Snow, Western Whatcom
- When
- February 8, 6:00 AM PST to 2:00 PM PST
- Where
- Western Whatcom forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow in Washington, February 8, 2001
Up to 4 inches of snow fell over Whatcom county. Other areas of Puget Sound received from 1/2 to 2 inches of snow.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 SEW wrote it up.
Up to 4 inches of snow fell over Whatcom county. Other areas of Puget Sound received from 1/2 to 2 inches of snow.
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 Seattle, WA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 8, 2:30 AM PST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 8, 2:30 AM PST, 3 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
230 AM PST THU FEB 8 2001
SNOW FLURRIES AROUND PUGET SOUND AT 2 AM. ONLY MEASURABLE PCPN SO FAR
IS AT PORT ANGELES...A FEW HUNDREDTHS...AND ON THE COAST WHERE IT IS
JUST RAIN. THESE FLURRIES MATCH WELL WITH A HIGHER CLOUD FEATURE
VISIBLE ON SATELLITE. CLOUD COVER MOVED IN QUICKLY LAST NIGHT AND
TEMPS MOSTLY STAYED ABOVE FREEZING. DEWPOINTS LOW THOUGH. SOUTHEAST
WINDS EXPECTED TO PICK UP THIS MORNING AS FRONT APPROACHES COAST.
UPSHOT IS WILL STICK WITH IDEA OF LESS THAN AN INCH MOST AREAS BEFORE
CHANGING TO RAIN. HOOD CANAL/KITSAP AREA WILL GET SLIGHTLY MORE AND
WILL KEEP SNOW ADVISORY GOING THERE. ALSO WILL WATCH STRAIT AREA
CLOSELY AND MAY EXTEND ADVISORY TO THERE AT LAST MINUTE.
SHOWERS TONIGHT AND FRI AND CONTINUED COOL. SATURDAY STILL LOOKING
EVEN COLDER THAN TODAY AND WITH SOME PCPN FORECAST WILL HAVE TO KEEP
MENTIONING SNOW. AFTER SHOWERS SUNDAY...DRYING TREND LOOKS ON TRACK
AND WILL EVEN CHANGE DAY 7 TO REMOVE CHANCE OF RAIN. BURKE
UIL ++5 SEA 885 OLM 885
.SEW...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY COAST...STRAIT ENTRANCES...ADMIRALTY
INLET.
.SNOW ADVISORY THIS MORNING KITSAP/HOOD CAN?AL AREA.
.KATX...VCP31/CSR31...OPERATIONAL.In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 8, 3:57 AM PST, 2 hours 3 minutes before
WAZ001>018-081230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 400 AM PM PST THU FEB 8 2001 ...LOWLAND SNOW OVER THE INTERIOR OF WESTERN WASHINGTON THURSDAY MORNING... LIGHT SNOW WAS FALLING OVER MOST OF WESTERN WASHINGTON AT 4 AM. ON THE COAST THE PRECIPITATION WAS RAIN BUT JUST INLAND IT WAS LIKELY SNOW OR MIXED RAIN AND SNOW. ELSEWHERE IT WAS JUST SNOW. TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE LOW 30S. AT THIS TIME SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH ABOUT NOON TODAY IN THE INTERIOR ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN GENERALLY LESS THAN AN INCH...EXCEPT ON THE KITSAP PENINSULA AND NEAR HOOD CANAL WHERE 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY MIDDAY. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION THIS MORNING.d BURKE
Special weather statement, Feb 8, 4:03 AM PST, 1 hour 57 minutes before
WAZ001>018-081830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED EXPIRATION TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 400 AM PM PST THU FEB 8 2001 ...LOWLAND SNOW OVER THE INTERIOR OF WESTERN WASHINGTON THURSDAY MORNING... LIGHT SNOW WAS FALLING OVER MOST OF WESTERN WASHINGTON AT 4 AM. ON THE COAST THE PRECIPITATION WAS RAIN BUT JUST INLAND IT WAS LIKELY SNOW OR MIXED RAIN AND SNOW. ELSEWHERE IT WAS JUST SNOW. TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE LOW 30S. AT THIS TIME SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH ABOUT NOON TODAY IN THE INTERIOR ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN GENERALLY LESS THAN AN INCH...EXCEPT ON THE KITSAP PENINSULA AND NEAR HOOD CANAL WHERE 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY MIDDAY. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION THIS MORNING. BURKE
Local storm report, Feb 8, 5:57 AM PST, 3 minutes before
WAC073-081657-
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
557 AM PST THU FEB 08 2001
TIME(PST) CITY LOCATION STATE EVENT/SPOTTER/REMARKS
COUNTY LOCATION
556 AM 4SE SUMAS WA SNOW
02/08/01 WHATCOM WHATCOM 13
1/2 INCH SNOW ON GROUND.
TEMP 30.Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, February 8 to 9, 2001
- Ice Storm in Iowa, February 8 to 9, 2001
- Winter Storm in Iowa, February 8 to 9, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, February 8, 2001
- Winter Storm in Kansas, February 8 to 9, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, February 8, 2001
- Winter Storm in Wisconsin, February 8 to 9, 2001
- Winter Storm in Iowa, February 8 to 9, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, February 8 to 9, 2001
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, February 8 to 9, 2001
- Winter Storm in Kansas, February 8 to 9, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, February 8, 2001
More
Every storm in Washington in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Washington, February 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: 5232875.