PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SNOWFALL REPORTS
             NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
             500 PM EST THU DEC 27 2001

             THE LATEST BLAST OF LAKE SNOWS SMOTHERED METRO BUFFALO AGAIN DURING 
             THE LAST 24 HOURS. THE SNOWBAND BEGAN NORTH OF THE CITY WEDNESDAY 
             AFTERNOON..DRIFTED SOUTH ACROSS THE CITY LAST EVENING...SETTLED 
             ACROSS THE NEAR SOUTH TOWNS OF LACKAWANNA AND WEST SENECA 
             OVERNIGHT...AND DRIFTED NORTH ACROSS THE CITY AND NORTH TOWNS 
             TODAY...FINALLY SETTLING SOUTH AGAIN LATER THIS AFTERNOON TO THE 
             SOUTH TOWNS.

             SNOW FELL AT THE RATE OF 2 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR WITHIN THIS 
             BAND...AND UP TO SIX INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES!

             SOME ASTOUNDING SNOWFALL RECORDS HAVE BEEN SET HERE AT THE BUFFALO 
             AIRPORT DURING THE LAST 4 DAYS. A TOTAL OF 55 INCHES OF SNOW HAS 
             BEEN RECORDED SINCE CHRISTMAS EVE! THIS IS BY FAR THE GREATEST 
             AMOUNT OF SNOW EVER HERE IN A FOUR DAY STRETCH AND IS JUST A FOOT 
             SHY OF THE MONTHLY RECORD OF 68.4 INCHES IN DEC 1985. 

             THE SNOWFALL HAS BEEN BROKEN DOWN AS FOLLOWS...
             .CHRISTMAS EVE...20 INCHES
             .CHRISTMAS DAY... 5 INCHES
             .WEDNESDAY EVENING. 8 INCHES
             .TODAY...........22 INCHES

             THE 24 HOUR TOTAL OF 29.6 INCHES SINCE 7 PM LAST NIGHT IS THE SECOND 
             GREATEST EVER AT BUFFALO. THE 25.2 INCHES ON DEC 24-25 IS NOW THE 
             FOURTH GREATEST EVER..TWO OF OUR FOUR GREATEST STORMS EVER IN ONE 
             WEEK!

             BUFFALO'S SNOW DEPTH REACHED 36 INCHES THIS AFTERNOON. THIS IS JUST 
             SHY OF THE RECORD OF 42 INCHES IN FEB 1977.


             ELSEWHERE AROUND THE AREA...HERE ARE SOME REPRESENTATIVE SNOWFALL 
             TOTALS FOR THE PAST 24 HOURS...AND FOR THE PAST 4 DAYS.

             ...ERIE COUNTY...
             .CHEEKTOWAGA (NWS BUF)... 29.6 .... 55.1
             .BUFFALO (SOUTH)......... 36   .... 53
             .WEST SENECA............. 30   .... 42
             .LANCASTER............... 28   .... 51
             .BUFFALO (DEL PK)........ 18   .... 37
             .BUFFALO (DOWNTOWN)...... 22   .... 35
             .CLARENCE................ 25   .... 47
             .WILLIAMSVILLE........... 24   .... 38
             .TONAWANDA (TOWN)........ 18   .... 32
             .AMHERST (AUDUBON)....... 12   .... 30
             .ALDEN (MILLGROVE)....... 22   .... 41
             .ELMA.................... 22   .... 29
             .HAMBURG................. 28   .... 29
             .ORCHARD PARK............ 12   .... 12 (HEAVY SNOW)
             .EAST AURORA.............  9   .... 10 (HEAVY SNOW)
             .COLDEN..................  T   ....  1

             ...NIAGARA COUNTY...
             .N TONAWANDA.............  7   .... 24
             .LOCKPORT................  4   .... 17
             .NIAGARA FALLS...........  6   .... 15

             ...GENESEE COUNTY...
             .E .PEMBROKE.............  6   .... 12

             AND...VERY HEAVY SNOW HAS BEEN FALLING OVER JEFFERSON COUNTY SINCE 
             CHRISTMAS DAY. HERE ARE SOME TOTALS...

             .REDWOOD..... 27 INCHES
             .CHAUMONT.... 18 INCHES
             .CLAYTON..... 12 INCHES
             .WATERTOWN... 6 TO 12 INCHES


             MCLAUGHLIN