Blizzard of '99 12 yrs ago

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It was much more than a foot of snow by the time it was all said and done... I was just thinking about that blizzard last week in the aftermath of the Christmas blizzard that hit the East Coast. The snow totals for the Christmas blizzard -- as well as the post storm political fallout -- were very similar to what happened in Detroit in '99.

It was 12" exactly [[at least officially).

The strangest part about this storm was that the low pressure center itself tracked west of here [[over Lansing). which made it an even more unique event. Normally a track like the Janaury '99 storm would produce rain here and not snow.

Supposedly there was widespread thundersnow and Monroe County did swtich over to freezing rain for a time.