Winter Weather in Vermont, March 14 to 15, 2006

Name: Winter Weather in Vermont, March 14 to 15, 2006
Start: 2006-03-14T22:00
End: 2006-03-15T06:00
Location: Vermont

March 14 to 15, 2006 · NWS BTV · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

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

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $10,000
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 strong blocking pattern in the upper levels across Greenland maintained a strong upper level low across Newfoundland with several disturbances rotating into Quebec and northern New England. This feature caused an unusually late season Lake effect snow band off Lake Ontario to travel across New York into portions of south central Vermont during the night of the 14th and early morning of the 15th. Snowfall accumulations along a west to east band were 2 to 4 inches. Some specific snowfall amounts include: 2 inches in Bridport and New Haven, 3 inches in Brookfield with 4 inches in Randolph and Post Mills.

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 14, 4:00 PM EST, 6 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 4:00 PM EST, 6 hours before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 14, 3:52 AM EST, 18 hours 8 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
352 AM EST TUE MAR 14 2006

NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-150900-
NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CLINTON-
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON-
WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE-GRAND ISLE-
WESTERN FRANKLIN-ORLEANS-ESSEX-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-LAMOILLE-
CALEDONIA-WASHINGTON-WESTERN ADDISON-ORANGE-WESTERN RUTLAND-
WINDSOR-EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON-
EASTERN RUTLAND-
352 AM EST TUE MAR 14 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEW
YORK...CENTRAL VERMONT...NORTHEAST VERMONT...NORTHWEST VERMONT
AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION THIS
MORNING...AND RAINSHOWERS WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST. COLDER AIR
WILL SPREAD INTO THE REGION...WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES DURING
THE DAY. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WILL GUST AS
HIGH AS 45 MPH IN NORTHERN NEW YORK...AND 35 MPH IN VERMONT. THE ST.
LAWRENCE VALLEY AND HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE ADIRONDACKS WILL BE MOST
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

IN ADDITION...THE RAINFALL YESTERDAY AND OVERNIGHT...COMBINED
WITH SNOWMELT...WAS CAUSING SHARP RISES ON AREA RIVERS. ALTHOUGH
RAIN WAS ENDING IN THE MORNING...RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE...AND SOME
RIVERS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE. THERE IS A RISK FOR MINOR
FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHERN VERMONT...THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A WINTERTIME PATTERN WILL BECOME ESTABLISHED THROUGH THE
WEEKEND...WITH BELOW NORMAL TO NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES. THERE IS
A CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND IN
FAVORED UPSLOPE AREAS...ON WEDNESDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
WILL BRING ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SNOW ON SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER REPORTS OF HIGH WINDS OR DAMAGE...OR FLOODING WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

HANSON

The radar

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Event by event

3 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Eastern Addison

When: March 14, 10:00 PM EST to March 15, 6:00 AM EST
Where: Eastern Addison forecast zone
Property damage: $3,000
Reported by: COOP STATION
Coordinates: 44.031, -73.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Orange

When: March 14, 10:00 PM EST to March 15, 6:00 AM EST
Where: Orange forecast zone
Property damage: $3,000
Reported by: COOP STATION
Coordinates: 44.006, -72.377 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Western Addison

When: March 14, 10:00 PM EST to March 15, 6:00 AM EST
Where: Western Addison forecast zone
Property damage: $4,000
Reported by: COOP STATION
Coordinates: 44.031, -73.141 (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

Every storm in Vermont in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Vermont, March 2006

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: 5497993, 5497994, 5497995.