A winter storm brought a wintry mix of snow (heavy in Cecil County), sleet and freezing rain to the Eastern Shore on the 21st. Snowfall averaged 4 to 7 inches in Cecil County, 2 to 4 inches in Kent and Queen Anne's County and around an inch or less in Caroline and Talbot Counties. County. Ice accumulations averaged around two tenths of an inch in the upper Eastern Shore and around one tenth of an inch in the lower Eastern Shore. Travel was hazardous during the second half of the day on the 21st.
Precipitation started as snow throughout the Eastern Shore on the afternoon of the 21st, beginning in Cecil County close to Noon EST and then spreading south reaching Talbot County during the second half of the afternoon. In Talbot and Caroline Counties, the snow changed to freezing rain during the early evening and then to plain rain during the middle of the evening. In Queen Anne's County, the snow changed to freezing rain during the early evening and then to plain rain late in the evening. In Kent and Cecil Counties, the snow fell heavy at times during the afternoon. It changed to freezing rain during the early evening and then to plain rain toward Midnight. The rain ended throughout the Eastern Shore on the morning of the 22nd.
Representative snowfall included 7.3 inches in Childs (Cecil County), 6.5 inches in Charlestown (Cecil County), 6.0 inches in Northeast and Rising Sun (Cecil County), 3.0 inches in Millington (Kent County) and Queenstown (Queen Anne's County), 1.5 inches in Stevensville (Queen Anne's County) and 0.9 inches in Henderson (Caroline County).
Representative ice accumulations included 0.2 inches in Millington (Kent County) and 0.10 inches in Stevensville (Queen Anne's County).
The winter storm was caused by a low pressure system that moved northeast from the southern Mississippi River Valley on the morning of the 21st, to the Tennessee River Valley on the early evening of the 21st, into south central Pennsylvania early on the 22nd and then rapidly reached the Canadian Maritimes on the morning of the 22nd. In spite of the surface high pressure system being offshore (in an unfavorable position normally for snow and ice) at the onset of the event, the combination of extremely cold antecedent conditions and a relatively weak low pressure system (made it more difficult to remove cold air near the surface) still caused a winter weather event to occur on the Eastern Shore.

Winter Storm in CECIL, MARYLAND
From 21-FEB-15 12:00:00 to 21-FEB-15 23:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Storm in KENT, MARYLAND
From 21-FEB-15 12:00:00 to 21-FEB-15 23:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather in QUEEN ANNES, MARYLAND
From 21-FEB-15 12:00:00 to 21-FEB-15 21:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather in TALBOT, MARYLAND
From 21-FEB-15 15:00:00 to 21-FEB-15 20:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather in CAROLINE, MARYLAND
From 21-FEB-15 16:00:00 to 21-FEB-15 20:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter