Blizzard Warnings in Maryland
21 blizzard warnings since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of blizzard warnings reaches back to 2005.
Blizzard Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Blizzard Warnings
- 21
- Busiest year
- 20108 blizzard warnings
- Average year
- 2over 9 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Somerset County5
- Wicomico County5
- Worcester County5
- Anne Arundel County4
- Baltimore County4
- Calvert County4
- Charles County4
- Prince George's County4
- Saint Mary's County4
- City of Baltimore4
- Allegany County4
- Caroline County4
- Queen Anne's County4
- Talbot County4
- Kent County3
- Carroll County2
- Cecil County2
- Dorchester County2
- Frederick County2
- Washington County1
- Harford County1
- Howard County1
- Montgomery County1
- Garrett County1
The latest blizzard warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 2:42 PM EST | Blizzard Warning | AKQ | Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester | 42 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:27 AM EST | Blizzard Warning | PHI | Caroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 58 hr |
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.