❄️⚡ BUFFALO JUST GOT THUNDERSNOW. YES—THUNDER SNOW. ⚡❄️ This wasn’t a typical winter storm. This was a lake-effect snow squall so intense it produced lightning and thunder—a rare phenomenon known as thundersnow. As Arctic air ripped across the warm waters of Lake Erie, towering snow clouds formed fast and violently. Visibility dropped to near zero in seconds. Snow blasted sideways. And then—⚡ a flash lit up the whiteout. Thundersnow happens when winter storms become unstable enough to generate e