Winter Storm in Maryland, January 22 to 23, 2005

Name: Winter Storm in Maryland, January 22 to 23, 2005
Start: 2005-01-22T17:00
End: 2005-01-23T04:00
Location: Maryland

January 22 to 23, 2005 · NWS PBZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Snow began about 7 AM on 22nd, changed to freezing rain and sleet around noon or so. By 3 PM, the ice was one quarter inch thick.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $6,000
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 about 7 AM on 22nd, changed to freezing rain and sleet around noon or so. By 3 PM, the ice was one quarter inch thick. Precipitation changed back to snow for a time, and by 4 AM on 23rd, Oakland reported 7 inches of snow and ice.

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 Jan 22, 3:50 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 22, 3:50 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 22, 5:00 AM EST, 12 hours before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
500 AM EST SAT JAN 22 2005

MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-
029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-231100-
ALLEGHENY PA-ARMSTRONG PA-BEAVER PA-BELMONT OH-BROOKE WV-BUTLER PA-
CARROLL OH-CLARION PA-COLUMBIANA OH-COSHOCTON OH-FAYETTE PA-
FOREST PA-GARRETT MD-GREENE PA-GUERNSEY OH-HANCOCK WV-HARRISON OH-
INDIANA PA-JEFFERSON PA-JEFFERSON OH-LAWRENCE PA-MARION WV-
MARSHALL WV-MERCER PA-MONONGALIA WV-MONROE OH-MUSKINGUM OH-NOBLE OH-
OHIO WV-PRESTON WV-TUCKER WV-TUSCARAWAS OH-VENANGO PA-WASHINGTON PA-
WESTMORELAND PA-WETZEL WV-
500 AM EST SAT JAN 22 2005

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...EAST CENTRAL
OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY AND TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS RANGE FROM 5 TO 13 INCHES. SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
MAY MIX WITH THE SNOW, FROM ZANESVILLE TO WHEELING TO MORGANTOWN, AND
THEN TO THE COUNTIES OF PRESTON, TUCKER, AND GARRETT, THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. WINDS WILL INCREASE, GUSTING TO 35 TO 40 MPH LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING, CAUSING BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

THE SNOW AND WIND WITH TAPER OFF SUNDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT THE FIRST 4 INCHES OF SNOW, AND THEN REPORT
EVERY ADDITIONAL 3 INCHES AFTER THAT.

Event by event

1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Storm, Garrett

When: January 22, 5:00 PM EST to January 23, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Garrett forecast zone
Property damage: $6,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

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 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Maryland, January 2005

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: 5434133.