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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