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Greg Smith, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service forecasting station in White Lake Township, said the winter storm warning that was supposed to continue only though 11 p.m. Sunday had to be extended to 3 a.m. today.

Residents this morning were expected to greet 1-2 additional inches above the storm's total accumulation of 13 inches Sunday.

"It looks like this should be the last one, but with the way things are going, you never know," Smith said. "It's not unusual to get snow at the end of April, but this has been a record-breaking snow.

"In 1943, we had 3 inches in Detroit. This storm tops that. In 1909, we had 7 inches in Flint on April 28 and 29 ... broke both of those records. So it may not be surprising, but it has been historic."

The two-day storm brought temperatures 25 degrees below the normal of around 60 degrees, according to The Associated Press. Parts of Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, western Pennsylvania and West Virginia were hit with up to a foot of snow.

A Detroit Tigers home game against the Minnesota Twins was postponed two days in a row. The Associated Press reported that the teams were scheduled to make up the first game this afternoon.

The freak snowstorm also drew the attention of the Weather Channel, which sent a reporter and remote broadcast unit to Pontiac to file reports with the cable weather news service throughout the storm.

Most local police dispatchers said the weather didn't have much of an effect on drivers.

Two weather-related accidents were reported in Commerce Township and only "minor fender benders" in Troy.

The most accidents occurred on Interstate 96 and I-275 near Novi, officials said.

Scott Simons, spokesman for DTE Energy, said only scattered power outages in pockets of the county had been reported as of Sunday.

Near the forecasting station in White Lake Township, 13 inches of snow fell overall; 9.5 inches fell in Clarkston; 9 inches fell in Flint; and 4-5 inches fell in metro Detroit, Simons said.

As for exactly when Oakland County residents can sport flip-flops and tank tops again, Simons said it will be a while.

"There won't be a big warm-up for quite some time, but it will get up to the 50-degree mark Tuesday," he said. "Even Monday, temperatures will climb toward the upper 40s, then Tuesday, between 52-55 degrees. For the remainder of the week through Friday, it'll stay in the low 50s. Even so, there's still a chance of 2-3 inches up to the first week of May."

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