Winter Weather, Western Essex
- When
- February 14, 4:00 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Western Essex forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.117, -73.773 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather in New York, February 14, 2005
An area of low pressure in the eastern Great Lakes Monday evening, February 14th moved across central New England early Tuesday, February 15th. Light snow developed during the late afternoon of February 14th and then mixed with and changed to light rain during the late night of February 14th.
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
- $5,000
- 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.
An area of low pressure in the eastern Great Lakes Monday evening, February 14th moved across central New England early Tuesday, February 15th. Light snow developed during the late afternoon of February 14th and then mixed with and changed to light rain during the late night of February 14th. The greatest amounts of snow fell over western portions of Essex county with generally between 3 and 5 inches 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 Feb 14, 11:00 AM EST, 5 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 14, 11:00 AM EST, 5 hours before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 14, 4:10 AM EST, 11 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 410 AM EST MON FEB 14 2005 NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-150900- 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 410 AM EST MON FEB 14 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK AS WELL AS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TODAY: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE NORTHERN SAINT LAWRENCE VALLEY AND FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF THE GREEN MOUNTAINS. A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN...THEN ALL RAIN BEFORE ENDING BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS WINDSOR AND ORANGE COUNTIES WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED OVER THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS AND NORTHERN VERMONT. ELSEWHERE...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AN INCH OR LESS. SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE DEEPER VALLEY LOCATIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN VERMONT THIS EVENING. IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BE ADVISED THAT CONDITIONS MAY BE HAZARDOUS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY: ANOTHER BATCH OF PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. SOME ADDITIONAL ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY...ESPECIALLY OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A BAND OF SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACROSS THIS REGION. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AND ANY ICE ACCUMULATION THAT OCCURS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON VERMONT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR UPDATES. TABER
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Hurricane and High Surf in American Samoa, February 14 to 18, 2005
- Winter Weather in Vermont, February 14 to 15, 2005
- Flooding in Illinois, February 14 to 23, 2005
- Ice Storm in Michigan, February 14 to 15, 2005
- Heavy Snow in Utah, February 14 to 16, 2005
- Strong Wind in Vermont, February 14, 2005
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, February 14 to 15, 2005
- Flooding in Illinois, February 14 to 15, 2005
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, February 14, 2005
- Winter Storm in Colorado, February 14 to 15, 2005
- Winter Weather in Colorado, February 14 to 15, 2005
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Gulf of Mexico, February 14, 2005
More
Every storm in New York in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, February 2005
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5437511.