( CNN ) -- A blustery nor'easter that made travel throughout the Northeast absolutely miserable Tuesday is going to stick around for a few more days . And the West Coast will get drenched , too . Record rain reports poured in from the New York metropolitan area with nearly 3 inches falling . At John F. Kennedy International Airport , 2.95 inches fell , the most on this date . Coupled with high winds -- including one gust of 47 mph -- the precipitation delayed air travel for hours . At LaGuardia Airport , where 2.65 inches fell , the delays at one point reached four hours . Heavy rain tapered off Tuesday evening , but some areas were still flooded , the New York office of the National Weather Service said . Flood warnings for three counties just north of Manhattan were issued . `` I urge all drivers to exercise caution and check conditions before getting on the road , '' Gov . Andrew Cuomo said , according to CNN affiliate WCBS . `` We are proactively deploying as many resources as necessary to assist communities in the storm 's path to prepare for and manage whatever Mother Nature brings . '' Earlier , the pooling water caused issues for parents . `` We 're stuck at home until this dies down , '' a woman in Amityville told CNN affiliate News 12 Long Island . `` I 'm not even sure if I 'll be able to get my kids at school . '' And there were problems for some commuters on foot . `` It 's pretty bad . I 'm actually trying to get home so I do n't know how I 'm going to get over there , I 'm going to have to walk through it again , '' Sean O'Malley told WCBS of his trek through the water-logged streets of Sea Bright , New Jersey , on the Atlantic Ocean shore . `` It happens every year , it 's not a surprise . '' About 20 million people are under winter storm warnings and advisories in the Northeast . Snow will stay inland with over a foot of snow from northern New York to Maine . Some areas could get up to 12 inches of snow by Thursday . According to the flight tracking website FlightAware.com , more than 2,600 flights departing from and/or landing in the United States were delayed Tuesday and 1,200 were canceled . Headaches in other areas . It was also pouring in Washington state . `` 1 storm down , 2 more to go , '' the headline on the website of CNN affiliate KOMO in Seattle read . The station reported there was going to be a break in the rain between Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning . The next set of storms will bring buckets of rain to Oregon and California , too . The highest elevations of northern California might get 10 inches of rain , forecasters said . San Francisco could see 2 to 4 inches in the city with up to 8 inches in the hills . Southern California might get 1 to 2 inches with twice as much in the hilly areas . In West Virginia , an inch or so was predicted for the next few days , but it was an ice-covered morning for iReporter Janie Lambert of Harpers Ferry . `` The roads were glazed and hazardous early in the morning , '' she said . `` By noon , the ice melted on the roadway but the trees were still an icy wonderland . '' CNN 's Christina Zdanwiscz contributed to this report .
The rainfall records for Wednesday fell at several New York Gov measuring spots . New York . Andrew Cuomo warns potential drivers to check conditions first . The West Coast braces for another storm on December 9 that will bring a lot of rain .