Thunderstorms in the North Central U.S.; Dangerous Heat in Texas

There is a severe weather and isolated flooding threat from the Central to Northern Plains tonight into early Thursday. The severe weather threat will progress eastward to the Upper Mississippi Valley/Great Lakes into the Lower Ohio Valley Thursday. Major to extreme heat will continue to impact much of southern Texas into next week, where widespread record-breaking temperatures are possible. Read More >

Western New York Weather History

MARCH 1

1987

Temperatures in the 40s and rainfall of over three quarters of an inch led to ice jams and flooding along Cazenovia Creek at Sunset Bay. About a dozen homes were evacuated on Parkside Drive in West Seneca as Cazenovia Creek jammed and overflowed into the street. As much as three feet of flood water covered the area. At Sunset Bay at the mouth of Cattaraugus Creek, ice jams had caused one and a half to two and a half feet of water to fill roads and yards. About 200 residents were evacuated from the area.

2001

A single lake effect snow band developed off Lake Ontario in a cold westerly flow. The heaviest snow fell within a 10-mile wide area where the band was most persistent from northeast Wayne county across Northern Cayuga and Oswego counties. The Town of Martville, Cayuga county, reported 23" while Sodus, Hannibal, Fair Haven, Phoenix, Fulton and West Monroe all had between twelve and eighteen inches.

2005

An intensifying low over Indiana and Ohio on February 28th lifted slowly across Lake Erie. Snow overspread the area during the late afternoon hours of the 28th. It was generally light at first, but became moderate to heavy for a time across the Niagara Frontier and northern Finger Lakes (including Buffalo and Rochester) shortly after midnight. The snow finally tapered off during the morning and early afternoon hours of March 1st. Specific overnight snowfalls included: 9" at Clarence and Alabama; 8" at Medina and Victor; and 7" at Spencerport and Lewiston.

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