PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...FINAL SNOWFALL TOTALS...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO, NY
900 AM EST MON DEC 8 1997

PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK RECEIVED VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL 
THIS PAST WEEKEND AS AN UPPER LEVEL STORM COMBINED WITH LAKE EFFECT 
TO PRODUCE OVER TWO FEET IN A FEW SPOTS. OFF LAKE ERIE...CHAUTAUQUA 
COUNTY WAS HARDEST HIT WITH OVER 30 INCHES FALLING ALONG THE RIDGE 
FROM SHERMAN AND STOCKTON TO CASSADAGA. AREAS RECEIVING OVER A FOOT 
INCLUDED MUCH OF SOUTHERN ERIE AND WYOMING COUNTIES...ALL OF 
CHAUTAUQUA AND NORTHERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTIES. OFF LAKE ONTARIO...THE 
TUG HILL RECEIVED OVER TWO FEET...WITH OVER SIX INCHES FALLING ACROSS 
MOST OF OSWEGO...EASTERN LEWIS...AND SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES. THE 
SNOW WAS WET AND HAS SETTLED MARKEDLY BY THIS MORNING.

ON THE OTHER HAND...SNOWFALL WAS MINIMAL IN THE IMMEDIATE BUFFALO AND 
ROCHESTER AREAS...WITH THE FEW INCHES GENERALLY MELTED AWAY BY THIS 
MORNING.

THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF SOME SPECIFIC SNOWFALL TOTALS BY COUNTY 
FOR STORM "CALYPSO" WHICH BEGAN EARLY FRIDAY AND ENDED SUNDAY 
MORNING... COURTESY OF NWS BUFFALO'S SNOWSPOTTER NETWORK AND OUR 
CO-OPERATIVE OBSERVERS:

.......OFF LAKE ERIE.......

..CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY...
.SHERMAN....... 33 INCHES
.CASSADAGA..... 31 INCHES
.STOCKTON...... 30 INCHES
.SINCLAIRVILLE. 27 INCHES
.MAYVILLE...... 23 INCHES
.FREWSBURG..... 19 INCHES
.JAMESTOWN..... 18 INCHES
.WESTFIELD..... 12 INCHES
.DUNKIRK....... 10 INCHES
.SILVER CREEK..  4 INCHES

..CATTARAUGUS COUNTY...
.PERRYSBURG.... 22 INCHES
.YORKSHIRE..... 20 INCHES
.LITTLE VALLEY. 17 INCHES
.ELLICOTTVILLE. 14 INCHES
.SALAMANCA..... 13 INCHES
.FRANKLINVILLE. 10 INCHES
.OLEAN.........  7 INCHES

..ALLEGANY COUNTY...
.FRIENDSHIP.... 10 INCHES
.ANGELICA......  5 INCHES
.ALFRED........  4 INCHES
.WELLSVILLE....  4 INCHES
.WHITESVILLE...  4 INCHES

..WYOMING COUNTY...
.ARCADE........ 16 INCHES
.WARSAW........ 16 INCHES
.VARYSBURG..... 16 INCHES
.BENNINGTON.... 14 INCHES
.STRYKERSVILLE. 14 INCHES
.PORTAGEVILLE..  9 INCHES

..GENESEE COUNTY...
.DARIEN........ 11 INCHES
.CORFU.........  8 INCHES
.BATAVIA.......  6 INCHES

..ERIE COUNTY... 
.SPRINGVILLE... 22 INCHES
.COLDEN........ 19 INCHES
.BOSTON........ 16 INCHES
.EAST AURORA... 13 INCHES
.WALES.........  9 INCHES
.ALDEN.........  8 INCHES
.ORCHARD PARK..  8 INCHES
.ELMA..........  7 INCHES
.WEST SENECA...  4 INCHES
.NWS BUFFALO...  2.4 INCHES (ALL MELTED)
.BUFFALO CITY AND NORTH (NIAGARA AND ORLEANS COS)...1 TO 2 INCHES

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

..MONROE COUNTY...
.WEBSTER....... 5 INCHES
.NWS ROCHESTER. 4.2 INCHES ( 1 INCH LEFT)

..ONTARIO COUNTY...
.GENEVA........ 5 INCHES
.CANANDAIGUA... 3 INCHES
.VICTOR........ 3 INCHES

..WAYNE COUNTY...
.ONTARIO....... 4 INCHES


.......OFF LAKE ONTARIO.....

..CAYUGA COUNTY...
.FAIR HAVEN.... 5 INCHES

..OSWEGO COUNTY...
.REDFIELD......15 INCHES
.FULTON........ 8 INCHES
.OSWEGO........ 7 INCHES

..LEWIS COUNTY...
.HIGHMARKET.... 32 INCHES
.MONTAGUE...... 29 INCHES
.BARNES CORNERS.18 INCHES
.LOWVILLE......  9 INCHES

..JEFFERSON COUNTY...
.ADAMS......... 10 INCHES
.WATERTOWN.....  2 INCHES


...THIS WILL BE THE FINAL STATEMENT ON THIS WEATHER EVENT...

MCLAUGHLIN