Winter Storm in Maryland, December 26 to 27, 1999

Name: Winter Storm in Maryland, December 26 to 27, 1999
Start: 1999-12-26T15:00
End: 1999-12-27T23:00
Location: Maryland

December 26 to 27, 1999 · NWS PBZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 winter storm, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
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.

Event by event

1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Storm, Garrett

When: December 26, 3:00 PM EST to December 27, 11:00 PM EST
Where: Garrett forecast zone
Reported by: DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

Strong, persistent northwest winds behind a cold front produced orographically enhanced snows to the higher elevations of Garrett County. Snowfall totals of 4 to 6 inches were found over the mountain ridges, with lesser amounts of 2 to 4 inches reported at lower elevations across the county. Some snowfall totals included 4 to 6 inches at the Wisp Ski Resort, 4 inches at Mountain Lake Park and 3 inches in Oakland.

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

Every storm in Maryland in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history Warnings in Maryland, December 1999

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: 5724796.