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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SNOWFALL TOTALS  ** FINAL **
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO, NY
1245 PM EST THU NOV 23 2000      (UPDATED)

..LAKE MACHINE TURNING OFF...

THE MOST INTENSE AND WIDESPREAD LAKE EFFECT EVENT IN NOVEMBER IN
YEARS WAS JUST ABOUT HISTORY THIS MORNING...BUT NOT AFTER LEAVING
SOME VERY IMPRESSIVE SNOWFALL TOTALS ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW
YORK.

THE EVENT BEGAN ON A SOUTHWEST FLOW DURING MONDAY WHICH FOCUSED THE
SNOW ON THE BUFFALO METRO AREA...AND CREATING THE WORST URBAN
PARALYSIS HERE SINCE 1977. THE BANDS THEN REORIENTED ACROSS THE
WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER AND OSWEGO COUNTY FOR MOST OF TUESDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY AS THE WINDS WERE MORE WESTERLY. FINALLY...MORE MODEST
SNOWFALL OCCURRED LAST NIGHT AND EARLY TODAY ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE
OF LAKE ONTARIO AS WINDS WERE MORE NORTHERLY.

THE CULPRIT WAS A COMBINATION OF SOME OF THE COLDEST EVER SEEN FOR
SO EARLY IN THE SAEASON PASSING OVER LAKES WHICH WERE EVEN WARMER
THAN USUAL DUE TO A VERY MILD AUTUMN.

ONLY A FEW MORE SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER SOUTHEAST OF LAKE
ONTARIO...SO THE FOLLOWING IS A FINAL REPRESENTATIVE LISTING OF
SNOWFALL TOTALS FOR THIS 3 DAY EVENT BY COUNTY...

..ERIE COUNTY...
BUFFALO NWS....26.3 INCHES  (SEASON TOTAL 43.7)
BUFFALO CITY...12 TO 22 INCHES
AMHERST........ 9 TO 24 INCHES
TONAWANDA...... 6 TO 12 INCHES
LANCASTER......10 TO 20 INCHES
ALDEN..........14 INCHES
SPRINGVILLE....12 INCHES
COLDEN/BOSTON..10 INCHES
WALES.......... 9 INCHES
ORCHARD PARK... 6 TO 8 INCHES

FORT ERIE ONTARIO.. 14 INCHES

..NIAGARA COUNTY...
NORTH TONAWANDA.7 INCHES
LOCKPORT........4 INCHES
NIAGARA FALLS...3 INCHES
YOUNGSTOWN......1 INCH

GENESEE COUNTY...
DARIEN.........12 INCHES
BATAVIA........ 6 INCHES

ORLEANS COUNTY..
MEDINA......... 5 INCHES
LYNDONVILLE.... 3 INCHES

..WYOMING COUNTY...
WARSAW.........15 INCHES
PORTAGEVILLE...11 INCHES
STRYKERSVILLE..10 INCHES
BENNINGTON..... 9 INCHES

..CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY...
STOCKTON...... 31 INCHES
SHERMAN....... 27 INCHES
SINCLAIRVILLE..24 INCHES
JAMESTOWN......20 INCHES
FREWSBURG......15 INCHES
DUNKIRK........ 7 INCHES
SILVER CREEK... 5 INCHES

..CATTARUAUGUS COUNTY...
NEW ALBION.....30 INCHES
FRANKLINVILLE..26 INCHES
ELLICOTTVILLE..25 INCHES
LITTLE VALLEY..22 INCHES
SALAMANCA......15 INCHES
PERRYSBURG.....14 INCHES
OLEAN.......... 6 INCHES

PORT ALLEGHENY PA.. 8 INCHES
COUDERSPORT PA..... 6 INCHES

..ALLEGANY COUNTY...
RUSHFORD.......15 INCHES
FRIENDSHIP.....15 INCHES
BOLIVAR........12 INCHES
WELLSVILLE.....11 INCHES
ALFRED......... 9 INCHES
WHITESVILLE.... 6 INCHES

..MONROE COUNTY...
ROCHESTER NWS.. 6.0 INCHES (SEASON TOTAL 6.6)
WEBSTER........ 6 INCHES
PENFIELD....... 5 INCHES

..LIVINGSTON COUNTY...
NUNDA..........12 INCHES
MT MORRIS...... 4 INCHES
AVON........... 4 INCHES

..ONTARIO COUNTY...
GENEVA......... 3 INCHES
VICTOR......... 3 INCHES
CANANDAIGUA.... 2 INCHES

..WAYNE COUNTY...
SODUS..........10 INCHES
ONTARIO........ 6 INCHES
PALMYRA........ 5 INCHES

..CAYUGA COIUNTY...
FAIRHAVEN...... 8 INCHES

..OSWEGO COUNTY...
PARISH......... 28 INCHES
WEST MONROE.... 26 INCHES
OSWEGO......... 12 TO 24 INCHES
FULTON......... 10 INCHES

..LEWIS COUNTY...
N. OSCEOLA......24 INCHES
HIGHMARKET..... 20 INCHES
CASTORLAND..... 10 INCHES

..JEFFERSON COUNTY...
ADAMS.......... 14 INCHES
WATERTOWN AIRPT. 8 INCHES

THIS WILL BE THE FINAL STATEMENT ON THIS MAJOR EVENT.


MCLAUGHLIN