Heavy Rain in the Mid-Atlantic; Severe Thunderstorms in the Northern Plains; Critical Fire in the West

Locally heavy rain and flash flooding will be possible today into tonight near the Mid-Atlantic/Carolina coast. Storms with large hail and severe wind gusts are expected across parts of the central and northern Plains into the upper Mississippi Valley. Dry thunderstorms, and warm, dry, and windy conditions will produce fire weather conditions in parts of the Great Basin and northern Rockies. Read More >

Western New York Weather History

DECEMBER 11

1992

10^th-11^th…Low pressure moved east from the Upper Great Lakes bringing snow to the area while another low pressure system formed off the South Carolina coast. The two systems consolidated and then moved north along the Atlantic Coast bringing additional snow across the region. General snowfalls reports of between six and sixteen inches were common. Schools were closed in parts of the Southern Tier and Finger Lakes Region. Greater Buffalo Airport was closed for about an hour and a half while crews cleared the runways. Rochester Airport was closed for nearly two hours for the same reason. A tree, felled by heavy snow, knocked out a power substation in Frewsburg, Chautauqua County, causing power outages there and in Kiantone. One man was seriously injured in Orchard Park, Erie County, when a tree branch fell onto his car pinning him in the vehicle. Snow-covered roads were blamed for numerous traffic accidents. The weight of the heavy snow caused a roof to collapse on a Pittsford, Monroe County, office building. Specific snowfall amounts included: 19 inches - South Bristol; 17 inches - Sodus and Bergen; 16 inches - Salamanca, Sinclairville, and Olean; 15 inches - Friendship and Webster; 13 inches - Whitesville; 11 inches - Portageville; 10 inches - Buffalo, Angelica, Rochester and Colden; 9 inches - Avon, New Albion, and Warsaw; and 8 inches - Lancaster.