Maryland, 2000

Heavy Snow and High Wind in Maryland, April 9, 2000

April 9, 2000 · NWS PHI · 6 events in 5 counties and zones

A strong cold front moved through the Maryland Eastern Shore during the early evening on the 8th. m.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 6 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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  • Cold
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
6

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 PHI wrote it up.

A strong cold front moved through the Maryland Eastern Shore during the early evening on the 8th. A strong secondary low formed on the frontal boundary overnight and by 8 a.m. EDT on the 9th was located near Worcester, Massachusetts. The intensifying low pressure system brought strong and gusty west to northwest winds into the Eastern Shore from the early morning of the 9th into the early evening the same day. It also ingested enough cold air to change the rain over to snow before it ended across the region during the morning of the 9th. The changeover was too brief for snow to accumulate across much of the Eastern Shore. But in Cecil County, where the rain changed to snow around 4 a.m. EDT, accumulations averaged about an inch. Peak wind gusts averaged between 40 and 45 mph. At least one large tree was knocked down in Cecil County. The highest wind gust at the Baltimore-Washington International Airport was 43 mph.

The radar

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Event by event

5 high wind, 1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Cecil

When
April 9, 3:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
Where
Cecil forecast zone
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
39.562, -75.948 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Caroline

When
April 9, 4:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM EST
Where
Caroline forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
38.872, -75.832 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Cecil

When
April 9, 4:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM EST
Where
Cecil forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
39.562, -75.948 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Kent

When
April 9, 4:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM EST
Where
Kent forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
39.236, -76.096 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Queen Annes

When
April 9, 4:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM EST
Where
Queen Annes forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
39.038, -76.085 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Talbot

When
April 9, 4:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM EST
Where
Talbot forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
38.749, -76.179 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Heavy Snow
Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
High Wind
Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5137995, 5137996, 5137997, 5137998, 5137999, 5138000.