( CNN ) -- Joshua Scowcroft has lived through some intense winter weather in the decade he 's lived in Vermont . But this winter -- which offered an encore Monday in the form of up to 30 inches of snow -- takes the cake . `` This is the snowiest , craziest winter I have ever seen in my life , '' he told CNN on Tuesday , after hand-shoveling enough snow to create a 7-foot pile by the driveway . `` Between brutally cold days of negative 20 with the wind , then two days where the temperature hit 50 and 30 inches of snow in 24 or 48 hours , this is one for the books , '' Scowcroft said . The storm -- the same system that brought tornadoes to Louisiana earlier in the week -- dumped up to 30 inches of snow on parts of Vermont , New York and Maine . It also brought heavy rain to parts of Connecticut , New York , New Jersey , Massachusetts and Virginia and prompted flood warnings and watches as far south as Georgia , according to CNN meteorologist Monica O'Connor . In Burlington , where the National Weather Service officially reported 17.1 inches of snow but posted reports of up to 30 inches in places , Christopher Reynolds was still cooped up on Tuesday , if comfortably , `` with plenty of food for a week if need be . '' `` It 's great to see the sun today -- very pretty with all the pine trees hanging low with their thick coating of snow , '' he said . Although many roads were clear , Reynolds and his family were still stuck Tuesday because the family snow removal contractor spent much of the day rescuing people from the snow or getting stuck himself , Reynolds said . By the time he arrived Monday night , he could get only halfway up their driveway before he had to quit . The snow comes as an unwelcome coda to winter for Vermont , where the 43 inches recorded in February set a record for the month , according to the O'Connor . That being said , heavy March snow is not unheard of in the state -- the record for the month is 47.6 inches , she said . While the snow was a nuisance , flooding was the greater threat throughout parts of the Northeast . High water from intense rain caused major flooding along the Housatonic and Still rivers in Connecticut , as well as minor or moderate flooding along the Connecticut , Farmington , Quinnipiac and Pomperaug rivers . In Oxford , Connecticut , video from CNN affiliate WTNH showed fast-moving floodwater rising almost to the doorknobs of some homes . Oxford resident A.J . Monaco told the station that the water rose too quickly for him to get anything out of the house . `` Came out of nowhere , '' he said . `` Next thing you know I have 3 feet of water and I had no time to do anything but lock up the house , jump in the truck and watch the water accumulate higher and higher . '' Up to 2 1/2 inches of rain are forecast for parts of Connecticut on Thursday , raising the threat of additional flooding in the western part of the state , according to the state Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security . The storm also could bring a bit more snow to Vermont .
Up to 30 inches of snow fall on parts of the Northeast . Heavy rain from the same storm causes flooding in Connecticut . - January 7 :