A winter storm dropped heavy snow and sleet across most of the Eastern Shore.  Snowfall and sleet averaged 3 to 8 inches, except 8 to 15 inches in Cecil County which was most affected by heavy snow bands during the morning of the 13th.
Snow began on the Eastern Shore between 7 p.m. EST and 8 p.m. EST on the 12th. Three bands of heavy snow, in which snowfall rates averaged two to three inches per hour, formed around Kent County and moved through Cecil County between 2 a.m. EST and 8 a.m. EST on the 13th. After the bands moved through, precipitation changed to rain. As the low pressure system moved offshore, the rain changed back to snow during the early and middle evening of the 13th. The last of the snow exited the Eastern Shore very late in the evening on the 13th.
Many schools, malls, businesses, government, state and local offices as well as municipal courts never opened on the 13th.  Because the heavy snow started early in the morning, the number of accidents and calls for assistance was less than usual.  One of the hardest hit businesses were florists as the heavy snow wreaked havoc on the flower deliveries for Valentine's Day.  The latest event strained municipal budgets further and increased the shortage of salt supplies in the region.

Representative snowfall included 15.0 inches in Charlestown and Elkton in Cecil County, 8.5 inches in Galena (Kent County), 6.0 inches in Greensboro (Caroline County), 5.7 inches in Henderson (Caroline County), 4.2 inches in Denton (Caroline County). 2.5 inches in Easton (Talbot County) and 2.4 inches in Trappe (Talbot County).

The winter storm was caused by a low pressure system that formed in the western Gulf of Mexico on the 11th and moved east on the 12th. This was preceded by an arctic high pressure system that passed over the Middle Atlantic States that same day and left plenty of initial cold, dry air in place.  A new low pressure system formed east of Florida on the 12th and would become the primary low pressure system for the event. It moved northeast and was near Wilmington, North Carolina at 7 p.m. EST on the 12th. From there, it continued northnortheast and passed near Elizabeth City, North Carolina at 7 a.m. EST on the 13th. Once it reached the Atlantic Ocean again, it started to intensify rapidly and reached the Delmarva coastal waters early in the afternoon on the 13th. At 7 p.m. EST on the 13th, the low pressure system was off the New Jersey coast and deepened to 986 millibars (11 millibar drop in 12 hours).  From there the low pressure system moved northeast and intensified even more rapidly as it passed just east of Long Island, New York and passed near Boston, Massachusetts as a 976 millibar low pressure system at 4 a.m. EST on the 14th.  This low pressure system deepened to 968 millibars at 10 a.m. EST on the 14th while over Maine before finally leveling off.  The close pass to the Delaware coast permitted this low pressure system to bring in above freezing (milder) air into the Eastern Shore and changed precipitation over to plain rain for a while during the event.

Winter Weather in TALBOT, MARYLAND
From 12-FEB-14 19:00:00 to 14-FEB-14 00:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Storm in CAROLINE, MARYLAND
From 12-FEB-14 20:00:00 to 14-FEB-14 00:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: CoCoRaHS

Winter Storm in QUEEN ANNES, MARYLAND
From 12-FEB-14 19:00:00 to 14-FEB-14 00:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: CoCoRaHS

Winter Storm in KENT, MARYLAND
From 12-FEB-14 20:00:00 to 14-FEB-14 00:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Storm in CECIL, MARYLAND
From 12-FEB-14 20:00:00 to 14-FEB-14 00:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter