The mid-March storm saw nearly a foot in southern Erie County, south of Buffalo, and as much as 8.5 inches of snow in the higher elevations in the Southern Tier, while counties east of Lake Ontario are expected to see the bulk of predicted snow to fall Tuesday – with up to 10 more inches of lake effect snow in some spots making for a total of up to a foot of snow as part of the ‘Megastorm’ sweeping across the nation, according to the National Weather Service in Buffalo.
Wintry weather – ice and snow coupled with strong wind gusts that reached hurricane levels – continues to move across New York Tuesday. Strong gusty winds are expected to continue Tuesday morning then slowly diminish as the day progresses, Weather Service forecasters said.
Snow totals across western New York
Communities in western New York measured the most snow as of Tuesday morning, according to the National Weather Service in Buffalo.
- 11.5 inches – Springville (Erie County)
- 8.5 inches – Randolph (Cattaraugus County)
- 8.4 inches – Little Valley (Cattaraugus County)
- 8 inches – Cassadaga (Chautauqua County)
- 7.3 inches – Rushford (Allegany County)
- 7 inches – Jamestown (Chautauqua County) and Glenwood (Erie County)
Elsewhere in western New York – up to 4.5 inches fell in Rochester in Monroe County and between 2 and 4 inches fell in Buffalo within Erie County. Batavia in Genesee County saw 5.5 inches and 3.3 inches was measured in Palmyra, Wayne County…