Winter Storm, Orleans
- When
- December 11, 4:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Orleans forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.829, -72.244 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in Vermont, December 11, 2004
A storm system over western Virginia Friday morning, December 10th moved northeast across northern New York Saturday morning, December 11th. A mixture of snow, sleet and rain developed across the area the evening of December 10th and changed to a steady wet snow overnight.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- $10,000
- 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 BTV wrote it up.
A storm system over western Virginia Friday morning, December 10th moved northeast across northern New York Saturday morning, December 11th. A mixture of snow, sleet and rain developed across the area the evening of December 10th and changed to a steady wet snow overnight. By the morning of December 11th, accumulations were around 6 inches in the western portion of Orleans county with 3 to 5 inches elsewhere in the county.
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.
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 10, 5:14 AM EST, 22 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 514 AM EST FRI DEC 10 2004 NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-111013- CALEDONIA VT-EASTERN ADDISON VT-EASTERN CHITTENDEN VT- EASTERN CLINTON NY-EASTERN ESSEX NY-EASTERN FRANKLIN VT- EASTERN RUTLAND VT-ESSEX VT-GRAND ISLE VT-LAMOILLE VT- NORTHERN FRANKLIN NY-NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE NY-ORANGE VT-ORLEANS VT- SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE NY-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN NY- SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE NY-WASHINGTON VT-WESTERN ADDISON VT- WESTERN CHITTENDEN VT-WESTERN CLINTON NY-WESTERN ESSEX NY- WESTERN FRANKLIN VT-WESTERN RUTLAND VT-WINDSOR VT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARRE...BETHEL...BRANDON...BURLINGTON... CANAAN...CANTON...DANBY...ESSEX JUNCTION...FAIR HAVEN...MALONE... MASSENA...MIDDLEBURY...MONTPELIER...MORRISVILLE...NEWCOMB... NEWPORT...OGDENSBURG...PLATTSBURGH...POTSDAM...RANDOLPH...RUTLAND... SARANAC LAKE...SOUTH BURLINGTON...SPRINGFIELD...ST. ALBANS... ST. JOHNSBURY...SWANTON...VERGENNES...WHITE RIVER JUNCTION... WILLSBORO AND WINOOSKI 514 AM EST FRI DEC 10 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHERN VERMONT AS WELL AS NORTHERN NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY: LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW WILL END THIS MORNING. THEN MORE WIDESPREAD WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL ARRIVE LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT BEFORE ENDING ON SATURDAY. AT THIS TIME THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTH COUNTRY. WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE REGION FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WITH POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS DEVELOPING. PLEASE REFER TO OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV (CLICK ON VERMONT) FOR MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY: WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL END LATER ON SATURDAY. THEN EXPECT ANOTHER CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW BY SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...MAINLY ACROSS MOUNTAIN LOCALES. OTHERWISE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY INTO SATRUDAY TO RELAY ANY SNOW...ICE OR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. JMG
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- High Wind in North Dakota, December 11 to 12, 2004
- Storm Surge in Maine, December 11, 2004
- Winter Storm in New York, December 11, 2004
- Winter Weather in New York, December 11, 2004
- Winter Weather in Vermont, December 11, 2004
- High Wind in Montana, December 11, 2004
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, December 11 to 12, 2004
- Winter Storm in North Dakota, December 11 to 12, 2004
- High Wind in South Dakota, December 11 to 12, 2004
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, December 11, 2004
- High Wind in Minnesota, December 11 to 12, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Tennessee, December 11, 2004
More
Every storm in Vermont in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Vermont, December 2004
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: 5430538.