Winter Weather, Cecil
- When
- February 12, 12:00 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Cecil forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 39.562, -75.948 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather in Maryland, February 12, 2008
A mixture of snow, sleet and freezing rain fell across the central and northern Eastern Shore during the afternoon and evening of the 12th. This led to a very slippery commute home from school and work.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 mixture of snow, sleet and freezing rain fell across the central and northern Eastern Shore during the afternoon and evening of the 12th. This led to a very slippery commute home from school and work. Precipitation started intermittently as snow and sleet around Noon EST and became steadier during the middle and late afternoon. By then precipitation was falling as a mixture of rain, sleet and freezing rain in the central Eastern Shore and snow and sleet in Cecil County. Precipitation changed to sleet and freezing rain by 6 p.m. EST in Cecil County and by then was rain and sleet across central portions of the Eastern Shore. Precipitation changed to all rain by 9 p.m. EST throughout the Eastern Shore. Snow and sleet accumulations were just trace amounts, but ice accretions reached around two-tenths of an inch in Cecil County.| |The wintry mix was caused by a low pressure system that emerged from northern Texas late in the day on the 11th. The low pressure system moved northeast into the lower Ohio Valley on the morning of the 12th and reached into Ohio by the early evening on the 12th. A secondary low pressure system formed on its warm frontal boundary over Delmarva on the evening of the 12th. This low pressure system tracked northeast toward New York City before dissipating. But, this low pressure system brought in sufficient warm air from the nearby Atlantic Ocean to raise surface temperatures above freezing by late that evening. The cold surface air was supplied by a fresh high pressure system that moved across nearby Canada and the New England States on the 12th before it exited to the east later that night.
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 Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 12, 11:24 AM EST, 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 12, 11:24 AM EST, 36 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 12, 3:21 AM EST, 8 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 321 AM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 NJZ001-007>010-PAZ054-055-060>062-130830- SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH- NORTHAMPTON- 321 AM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WARNING. ON WEDNESDAY...AFTER THE FREEZING RAIN CHANGES TO RAIN, THE RAIN COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NJZ012-015-PAZ067>069-130830- MIDDLESEX-MERCER-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS- 321 AM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ON WEDNESDAY...RAIN COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES AND THIS MIGHT CAUSE FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. DEZ001-MDZ008-012-NJZ013-014-016>023-026-027-PAZ070-071-130830- NEW CASTLE-CECIL-KENT MD-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-SALEM- GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC- CAPE MAY-COASTAL OCEAN-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- 321 AM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ON WEDNESDAY...RAIN COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES AND THIS MIGHT CAUSE FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. DEZ002>004-MDZ015-019-020-NJZ024-025-130830- KENT DE-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE- ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC- 321 AM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL DELAWARE...SOUTHERN DELAWARE...EASTERN MARYLAND...NORTHEAST MARYLAND AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ON WEDNESDAY...RAIN COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES AND THIS MIGHT CAUSE FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ431-450>455-130830- DELAWARE BAY WATERS SOUTH OF EAST POINT NJ TO SLAUGHTER BEACH DE- COASTAL WATERS FROM SANDY HOOK TO MANASQUAN INLET NJ OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM MANASQUAN INLET TO LITTLE EGG INLET NJ OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM LITTLE EGG INLET TO GREAT EGG INLET NJ OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM GREAT EGG INLET TO CAPE MAY NJ OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE MAY NJ TO CAPE HENLOPEN DE OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE HENLOPEN TO FENWICK ISLAND DE OUT 20 NM- 321 AM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM EST THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND DELAWARE BAY WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ430-130830- DELAWARE BAY WATERS NORTH OF EAST POINT NJ TO SLAUGHTER BEACH DE- 321 AM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM EST THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DELAWARE BAY WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Weather, Kent
- When
- February 12, 12:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Kent forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 39.236, -76.096 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather, Queen Annes
- When
- February 12, 12:00 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Queen Annes forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 39.038, -76.085 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Winter Weather
- Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, February 12 to 13, 2008
- Winter Weather in Vermont, February 12 to 13, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, February 12, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, February 12, 2008
- Winter Weather in Delaware, February 12, 2008
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in New Jersey, February 12 to 13, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, February 12, 2008
- Tornado in Florida, February 12, 2008
- Tornado in Florida, February 12, 2008
- Tornado in Florida, February 12, 2008
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, February 12 to 13, 2008
- Flooding and Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, February 12 to 14, 2008
More
Every storm in Maryland in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Maryland, February 2008
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: 82520, 82521, 82522.