Thundersnow In Owings Mills, Snow Totals For Reisterstown

OWINGS MILLS, MD — One resident in Owings Mills captured thundersnow Wednesday as a line of snow squalls blew across the region. A snow squall is a burst of heavy snow and gusty winds that reduces visibility, according to the National Weather Service.

Owings Mills "picked up quick 1/2 inch" of snow Wednesday morning during the storm, according to Craig Allen. During the snow squalls, he captured thundersnow on video shortly after 8:30 a.m. Thundersnow is when a snowstorm is accompanied by lightning.

"That lighting strike knocked out my cable and power for a minute,"Allen tweeted. "This was intense. It got so dark street lights came on."

A quick white out with blowing snow and falling snow. We got an entire winter worth of weather in 1 day. pic.twitter.com/tvLr6nDqzt
— Craig “Sunsun” Allen (@just2muchfunfun) January 8, 2020

Wednesday's snow squalls delivered a fresh coating atop the snow that blanketed the area Tuesday afternoon.

Here are the preliminary snowfall totals from the National Weather Service for the area:

• 4.8 inches in Reisterstown, reported at 7:10 a.m. Wednesday
• 2.6 inches in Reisterstown, reported at 7 p.m. Tuesday
• 2.6 inches in Glyndon, reported at 7:49 p.m. Tuesday
• 2.5 inches in Glyndon, reported at 6:22 p.m. Tuesday

First Snowfall here in Owings Mills, MD. pic.twitter.com/t4pOODxSCq
— Tabu Winslow (@TabuWinslow) January 8, 2020

What a beautiful morning here in Owings Mills. ⁦@TonyPannWBAL⁩ ⁦@NJSnowFan⁩ ⁦@WeatherErik⁩ ⁦@JustinWeather⁩ ⁦@wbffweatherman⁩ ⁦@MiriWeather⁩ ⁦@capitalweather⁩ pic.twitter.com/IXhu2Hbsp8
— Craig “Sunsun” Allen (@just2muchfunfun) January 8, 2020

Good Morning @FOXBaltimore we enjoyed the snow yesterday here in #Reisterstown & kids were hoping for a #snowday but pic.twitter.com/eNJiIGDLDW
— Tamara Harvey 1111 (@Tscorp1111) January 8, 2020

Side roads are Very dicey here in Owings Mills. Reisterstown road was icy in spots. School delays are immanent. @wbaltv11 @VankoVision @Reporterroblang @JimWBALTraffic @WeatherErik @MiriWeather @NJSnowFan @StormForce_1 @Vortmax29 @JustinWeather pic.twitter.com/mltFPFXyMH
— Craig “Sunsun” Allen (@just2muchfunfun) January 8, 2020

Reisterstown pic.twitter.com/iOgv93RJ9H
— Ashley (@ashholler) January 7, 2020