Maryland, 2002

Heavy Snow in Maryland, January 19, 2002

January 19, 2002 · NWS PBZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

An area of low pressure passing just to the south of the region spread between 5-6 inches of snow across Garrett County. Snow started falling by around dawn on the 19th and tapered to flurries by the late evening hours.

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.

An area of low pressure passing just to the south of the region spread between 5-6 inches of snow across Garrett County. Snow started falling by around dawn on the 19th and tapered to flurries by the late evening hours.

Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Garrett

When
January 19, 8:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
Where
Garrett forecast zone
Reported by
DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

What these are

Heavy Snow
Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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: 5278449.