Weather Updated: Jan 30 4:02 PM
Issued by the National Weather Service
For Wyoming County, New York
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT UNTIL 6 PM EST WED ...A BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL AFFECT WYOMING... ERIE... NORTHERN CHAUTAUQUA AND GENESEE COUNTIES...
AT 3:56 PM EST, TWO BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE PRODUCING SNOW FALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ALONG WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO. TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW ZERO WITH WIND CHILLS NEAR -25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
BLINDING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. A CASUAL DRIVE OR TRIP OUTSIDE CAN QUICKLY LEAD TO A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION WITHOUT PROPER WINTER GEAR. PLEASE HEED ALL TRAVEL BANS. TWO SEPARATE BANDS ARE OCCURING EAST OF LAKE ERIE. ONE IS OVER BUFFALO AND EDGING INTO THE NORTHTOWNS EAST PAST BATAVIA. A SECOND AND STRONGER BAND EXTENDS FROM THE PA LINE, ACROSS THE BOSTON HILLS, THE SOUTHTOWNS, AND INTO FAR NORTHWEST WYOMING COUNTY. THESE BANDS ARE CONVERGING OVER GENESEE COUNTY AND ARE PRODUCING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS THERE AS WELL. THESE BANDS WILL MOVE VERY LITTLE THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE, TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO DROP FURTHER BELOW ZERO WHILE WIND GUSTS EXCEED 35 MPH AT TIMES, PRODUCING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BUFFALO, CHEEKTOWAGA, WEST SENECA, CLARENCE, LACKAWANNA, BATAVIA, KENMORE, DEPEW, AMHERST, TONAWANDA, DUNKIRK, FREDONIA, LANCASTER, HAMBURG, EAST AURORA, HILTON, WILLIAMSVILLE, GRAND ISLAND AND EVANS. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN EXITS 61 AND 47.
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