Maryland, 2009

Winter Weather in Maryland, February 4, 2009

February 4, 2009 · NWS PHI · 5 events in 5 counties and zones

An upper air disturbance helped produce bands of snow showers that moved across the Eastern Shore during the first half of the day on the 4th. Accumulations averaged 1 to 3 inches with the most widespread coverage in Kent County.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
5

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.

An upper air disturbance helped produce bands of snow showers that moved across the Eastern Shore during the first half of the day on the 4th. Accumulations averaged 1 to 3 inches with the most widespread coverage in Kent County.

Snowfall totals included 3.0 inches in Millington (Kent County) and Colora (Cecil County), 2.5 inches in Conowingo (Cecil County), 2.0 inches in Galena (Kent County), 1.0 inch in Gransonville (Queen Anne's County) and 0.5 inches in Easton (Talbot County) and Stevensville (Queen Anne's County).

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 3, 5:50 PM EST, 6 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 3, 5:50 PM EST, 6 hours 10 minutes before
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The radar

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Event by event

5 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Cecil

When
February 4, 12:00 AM EST to 7:00 AM 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, Kent

When
February 4, 1:00 AM EST to 8:00 AM 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 4, 4:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
Where
Queen Annes forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
39.038, -76.085 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Caroline

When
February 4, 5:00 AM EST to 11:00 AM EST
Where
Caroline forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
38.872, -75.832 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Talbot

When
February 4, 5:00 AM EST to 11:00 AM EST
Where
Talbot forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
38.749, -76.179 (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

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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 152373, 152372, 152371, 152369, 152370.