PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...SNOWFALL TOTALS...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO, NY
142 PM EST TUE DEC 30 1997

ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK IS RECEIVING SNOWFALL TODAY FROM 
A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING UP THE ATLANTIC COAST AND THEN
ACROSS CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND. AMOUNTS RANGED FROM OVER A FOOT AND A
HALF IN THE BLACK RIVER VALLEY IN LEWIS COUNTY...WITH UP TO 10 INCHES
IN OSWEGO COUNTY. FARTHER WEST...THE BUFFALO AND ROCHESTER AREAS HAVE
RECEIVED AROUND 5 INCHES.

MORE SNOW WILL FALL THIS AFTERNOON FROM THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM.
2 TO 4 INCHES ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OVER
MOST AREAS...WHILE BUFFALO AND ROCHESTER CAN EXPECT 1 TO 3 MORE
INCHES.

LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL BEGIN IN AREAS SOUTHEAST OF LAKES ONTARIO AND
ERIE THIS EVENING...LASTING THROUGH TOMORROW.  WINTER STORM WARNINGS
HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THE COMBINATION OF LAKE EFFECT AND GENERAL SNOW
IN CHAUTAUQUA AND CATTARAUGUS COUNTIES SOUTHEAST OF LAKE ERIE...AND
FOR MONROE...WAYNE...CAYUGA AND OSWEGO COUNTIES SOUTHEAST OF LAKE
ONTARIO. THESE WARNINGS INCLUDE THE ROCHESTER METRO AREA.

THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF SOME SPECIFIC SNOWFALL TOTALS BY COUNTY
FROM SPOTTER REPORTS RECEIVED AS OF 11 AM. ANOTHER REPORT WILL BE
ISSUED LATER TODAY.


..CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY...
.SINCLAIRVILLE.. 2 INCHES

..CATTARAUGUS COUNTY...
.SALAMANCA.....  3 INCHES

..ALLEGANY COUNTY...
.WHITESVILLE...  7 INCHES
.ANGELICA......  5 INCHES
.FRIENDSHIP....  4 INCHES
.WELLSVILLE....  4 INCHES


..WYOMING COUNTY...
.VARYSBURG..... 6 INCHES
.WELLSVILLE.... 5 INCHES
.BENNINGTON.... 5 INCHES
.ARCADE........ 4 INCHES
.PERRY......... 3 INCHES

..GENESEE COUNTY...
.DARIEN........ 4 INCHES
.PAVILLION..... 4 INCHES

..ERIE COUNTY...
.SPRINGVILLE... 5 INCHES
.NWS BUFFALO... 5 INCHES
.COLDEN........ 4 INCHES

..LIVINGSTON COUNTY...
.MT MORRIS.....  5 INCHES
.AVON..........  3 INCHES

..MONROE COUNTY...
.WEBSTER....... 5 INCHES
.NWS ROCHESTER. 5 INCHES
.PENFIELD...... 4 INCHES

..ONTARIO COUNTY...
.SHORTSVILLE... 4 INCHES

..WAYNE COUNTY...
.NEWARK........ 8 INCHES
.MACEDON....... 6 INCHES
.PALMYRA....... 4 INCHES


..CAYUGA COUNTY...
.FAIR HAVEN.... 4 INCHES

..OSWEGO COUNTY...
.REDFIELD...... 10 INCHES
.FULTON........ 10 INCHES

..LEWIS COUNTY...
.TURIN......... 19 INCHES
.NORTH OSCEOLA. 14 INCHES
.HIGHMARKET....  4 INCHES

..JEFFERSON COUNTY...
.REDWOOD........ 8 INCHES