I've seen that more than once myself.
Blizzard of 77 dumped 156" of Lake Effect snow in just a few days.
Ice Storm of 98 leveled almost every tree North of the Thru-way.
Those are just some examples...
I've seen it go the opposite way as well. Ice covered roads, buried under a few feet of snow over night, and 60* by 10am....
Me, and my family had no problems with this weather. Wife lived in Alaska, I lived in NY. We know winter when we see it, and we have the only thing we need here.....a broom.