BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Lake-effect snow hit Western New York on Friday and has continued throughout the weekend, prompting multiple counties to be placed under a state of emergency and lake-effect snow warning.
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the state of emergency on Friday for Erie, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Genesee, Allegany and Wyoming counties amid the region’s first significant snowfall event this winter.
Southern Erie (south of Route 20A), Wyoming, Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties remain under a lake-effect snow warning until 7 p.m. Monday.
Over the weekend, various municipalities across the region announced travel bans and advisories. All driving bans in Erie County were lifted Sunday morning, but a travel advisory still remains in effect for a majority of the southern and central parts of the county.
See the current snowfall totals as of early Sunday morning, unless noted, from the National Weather Service below:
Allegany County
Centerville: 8 inches (as of 9:15 a.m. Saturday)
Cattaraugus County
Cattaraugus: 34.5 inches
Chautauqua County
Cassadaga: 37.7 inches
Dunkirk: 26.5 inches
Fredonia: 27 inches
Silver Creek: 32 inches (as of noon Sunday)
Erie County
Alden: 15.8 inches
Angola: 32 inches
Colden: 18.1 inches
East Aurora: 16.1 to 18.8 inches
Eden: 26.5 inches
Elma Center: 18.6 inches
Glenwood: 21.5 inches
Hamburg: 15.8 to 20.7 inches
Holland: 23.5 inches
Lackawanna: 12.4 to 18 inches
Lancaster: 15.4 to 16 inches (as of noon Sunday)
Marilla: 16 inches (as of 11:20 p.m. Saturday)
Orchard Park: 22.9 inches (as of 10:55 a.m. Sunday)
Springville: 29.1 inches
Wales Center: 22 inches
West Falls: 12.5 inches
Williamsville: 1.2 inches
Genesee County
Alexander: 4 to 8 inches
Batavia: 3.5 inches
Corfu: 5 inches
Darien Center: 7.5 inches
Pembroke: 5.5 inches
Stafford: 0.2 inches
Wyoming County
Silver Springs: 12.9 inches
Warsaw: 19.8 inches