Winter Storm, Garrett
- When
- January 20, 2:00 AM EST to January 21, 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Garrett forecast zone
- Reported by
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Winter Storm in Maryland, January 20 to 21, 2000
A winter storm passed just south of the area, bringing an initial round of snow which began after midnight on the 20th. Accumulations of between 2 and 4 inches of snow were common across Garrett County by noon on the 20th as the storm passed off to the east.
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS PBZ wrote it up.
A winter storm passed just south of the area, bringing an initial round of snow which began after midnight on the 20th. Accumulations of between 2 and 4 inches of snow were common across Garrett County by noon on the 20th as the storm passed off to the east. However, strong northwest winds in the wake of the storm began during the afternoon of the 20th and produced several inches of orographically enhanced snows across Garrett County. These strong northwest winds also produced wind chills as cold as -30F. This additional snow continued into the afternoon hours of the 21st and produced storm total snowfall of around 6 to 8 inches over the majority of the county, with up to a foot reported at some of the higher elevations.
Event by event
1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Heavy Snow in Delaware, January 20, 2000
- Cold in South Carolina, January 20, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 20, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 20, 2000
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Virginia, January 20, 2000
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Maryland, January 20, 2000
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, January 20, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New Jersey, January 20 to 21, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 20 to 21, 2000
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 20, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 20, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, January 20, 2000
More
Every storm in Maryland in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Maryland, January 2000
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: 5128703.