RECORD REPORT
             NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
             702 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2001

             ...MORE SNOWFALL RECORDS FOR BUFFALO...

             THE INCREDIBLE HOLIDAY LAKE EFFECT SNOWS CONTINUED TO MEANDER ACROSS 
             THE BUFFALO AREA DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS. AFTER NEAR RECORD SNOWS 
             ON CHRISTMAS EVE AND A BREAK LATER CHRISTMAS DAY...THE LAKE BANDS 
             DEVELOPED AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY AND SETTLED SOUTH ACROSS THE CITY AND 
             SOUTH TOWNS OVERNIGHT AND MEANDERED ACROSS THE REGION AGAIN 
             TODAY.

             THE LAKE MACHINE HAS BROUGHT UNPRECEDENTED SNOWFALL TO THE BUFFALO 
             REGION SINCE CHRISTMAS EVE.

             OFFICIALLY...55.1 INCHES HAS FALLEN FROM 12/24 TO 7 PM THIS EVENING 
             (12/27). RECORDS FOR FOUR DAY SNOWFALL ARE NOT AVAILABLE...BUT IT 
             IS SAFE TO SAY THAT NO MORE THAN 40 INCHES HAS EVER FALLEN HERE IN 
             SUCH A PERIOD.

             BUFFALO HAD RECEIVED ONLY 1.6 INCHES OF SNOW IN DECEMBER PRIOR TO 
             12/24...BUT THE MONTHLY TOTAL IS NOW 56.7 INCHES...LESS THAN A FOOT 
             SHY OF THE ALL TIME RECORD FOR ANY MONTH OF 68.4 INCHES IN DEC 1985.

             THE 24-HOUR SNOWFALL FROM 7 PM DEC 26 TO 7 PM DEC 27 WAS 29.6 
             INCHES. THIS IS NOW THE SECOND GREATEST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL EVER 
             RECORDED HERE. THIS FOLLOWS THE 25.2 INCHES JUST ON DEC 24-25. WE 
             NOW HAVE TWO OF THE TOP FOUR 24 HOUR SNOWFALLS EVER AT BUFFALO IN 
             THE PAST WEEK!

             HERE ARE THE TOP FOUR 24 HOUR SNOWFALLS AT BUFFALO...

             37.9 INCHES ON DEC 9-10 1995
             29.6 INCHES ON DEC 26-27 2001
             25.3 INCHES ON JAN 10-11 1982
             25.2 INCHES ON DEC 24-25 2001

             IN ADDITION...THE GREATEST SNOW DEPTH REACHED WAS 36 INCHES AT 3 PM 
             THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WAS EXCEEDED ONLY IN THE WINTER OF 1977 WHEN 42 
             INCHES WAS MEASURED ON FEB 5-6.

             BY THE WAY...THE DAILY SNOWFALL FOR DEC 27 HAS BEEN 21.7 
             INCHES...SHATTERING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 7.7 INCHES IN 1956.

             MCLAUGHLIN