WINTER STORM WARNING...FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
459 AM EST SAT JAN 11 1997

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUES A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR
LAKE EFFECT SNOW TODAY FOR ERIE...GENESEE...WYOMING...CHAUTAUQUA AND
NORTHERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTIES...

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR
LAKE EFFECT SNOW TODAY FOR LIVINGSTON COUNTY...

VERY COLD AIR BLOWING ACROSS LAKE ERIE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SOME
HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW ACROSS THE WARNING AREA TODAY. GENERAL
ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 1 TO 3 INCHES...BUT AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 12
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOWBANDS PERSIST.

OVERNIGHT...THE HEAVIER SNOWBANDS STAYED OVER NORTHERN ERIE COUNTY
AND PRODUCED 4 TO 8 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. SINCE THE STEADIER SNOW BEGAN
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...THE BUFFALO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REPORTED ABOUT
18 INCHES OF SNOW.

THE HEAVIER SNOWBANDS WILL DRIFT SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH AND SHOULD REACH
THE SOUTHTOWNS LATER THIS MORNING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO DIRECT
THE HEAVY SNOW INTO WYOMING AND LIVINGSTON COUNTIES AS WELL AS
CHAUTAUQUA AND NORTHERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTIES. THE PERSISTENT WEST TO
SOUTHWEST WINDS SHOULD KEEP THE STEADIER SNOW OVER THESE AREAS
TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.

SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CREATE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW AS WELL AS WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN THE AREAS OF HEAVY
SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND TEMPERATURES IN TEENS AND
LOW 20S WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO RANGE.

MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN CHANGES IN ROAD AND
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATIONS.

NOWCASTS ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO WILL DESCRIBE THE LOCATION...MOVEMENT
AND INTENSITY OF THE SNOW ACROSS THE REGION TODAY.

FOR UPDATED INFORMATION ON THIS STORM...PLEASE STAYED TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS.
TJP