Heavy Snow, Garrett
- When
- February 19, 8:00 AM EST to February 20, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Garrett forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
Heavy Snow in Maryland, February 19 to 20, 2009
Cold northwest flow behind a cold front produced bands of heavy snow over the higher elevations of northern West Virginia. 6 to 10 inches of snow fell across portions of Preston and Tucker counties in northern West Virginia as well as Garrett county Maryland.
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.
Cold northwest flow behind a cold front produced bands of heavy snow over the higher elevations of northern West Virginia. 6 to 10 inches of snow fell across portions of Preston and Tucker counties in northern West Virginia as well as Garrett county Maryland.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Montana, February 19 to 20, 2009
- Tornadoes in Georgia, February 19, 2009
- Lake-Effect Snow in Pennsylvania, February 19 to 20, 2009
- Strong Wind in New Jersey, February 19 to 20, 2009
- Lake-Effect Snow in New York, February 19 to 20, 2009
- Winter Weather in Vermont, February 19 to 21, 2009
- Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, February 19 to 20, 2009
- Heavy Snow in Maine, February 19, 2009
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, February 19, 2009
- Strong Wind in Maryland, February 19, 2009
- Lake-Effect Snow in New York, February 19 to 21, 2009
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in West Virginia, February 19 to 20, 2009
More
Every storm in Maryland in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Maryland, February 2009
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 154057.