Heavy Snow in Maryland, December 14 to 15, 2003

Name: Heavy Snow in Maryland, December 14 to 15, 2003
Start: 2003-12-14T08:00
End: 2003-12-15T07:00
Location: Maryland

December 14 to 15, 2003 · NWS PBZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Snow began in the early morning of the 14th, accumulating 5 inches by 7 AM. It changed to freezing rain and sleet in the afternoon of the 14th.

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.

Snow began in the early morning of the 14th, accumulating 5 inches by 7 AM. It changed to freezing rain and sleet in the afternoon of the 14th. At least a quarter inch of ice glaze accumulated before it changed to back to snow during the late afternoon and night of the 14th. And accumulated another 5 inches or so. Total snow accumulation ranged from 9 to 13 inches.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 13, 6:15 PM EST, 13 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 13, 6:15 PM EST, 13 hours 45 minutes before

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Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Garrett

When: December 14, 8:00 AM EST to December 15, 7:00 AM EST
Where: Garrett forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

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

Every storm in Maryland in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings in Maryland, December 2003

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: 5328766.