Winter Storm in Essex, Vermont

A storm system developed off the coast of Virginia early Monday, February 5, 2001 and moved northeast . It moved across extreme southeast coastal New England late Monday night and into the Gulf of Maine early Tuesday, February 6th. Steady snow spread across the area by the afternoon of Monday, February 5th and continued overnight and was heavy at times. The snow tapered off to flurries Tuesday morning, February 6th. A woman was killed in an automobile accident with a snowplow near the Village of Lunenburg. Otherwise there were some accidents reported. A barn roof collapsed near the Town of Norton, apparently due to the weight of the snow after the storm ended. Across the county, generally 12 to 16 inches of snow fell, with Island Pond reporting 16 inches.