Forgot to say that was my second winter in Carroll County so I was quite impressed with it at the time. As you say getting a significant storm in November isn't particularly difficult in Carroll and especially along Parr's Ridge. When I lived in Baltimore I pretty much just dreamed of November snows with a few near misses.
6/1/12 - the day of the tornadoes. It was a scary day for me with a relatively close call near my neighborhood with an EF1 tornado followed by a couple more menacing cells that day which threatened dropping one.