NOUS41 KBUF 121839 CCA PNSBUF NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-085-130622- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR FORMAT SPOTTER REPORTS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 122 PM EST MON FEB 12 2007 THE FOLLOWING ARE UNOFFICIAL OBSERVATIONS TAKEN DURING THE PAST 2 HOURS FOR THE STORM THAT HAS BEEN AFFECTING OUR REGION. APPRECIATION IS EXTENDED TO HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS...COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS...SKYWARN SPOTTERS AND MEDIA FOR THESE REPORTS. THIS SUMMARY IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR HOME PAGE AT WEATHER.GOV/BUFFALO *** THESE ARE FINAL STORM TOTALS FOR THE EVENT FROM SATURDAY FEB 3 THROUGH THIS MORNING FEB 12 WHEN THE EVENT ENDED. *** ** REVISED REDFIELD FINAL TOTAL 141 INCHES....DAILY TOTALS WERE AS FOLLOWS... FEB 3...18 INCHES FEB 4... 7 INCHES FEB 5...20 INCHES FEB 6...15 INCHES FEB 7...28 INCHES FEB 8...23 INCHES FEB 9... 6 INCHES FEB 10..14 INCHES FEB 11.. 3 INCHES FEB 12.. 7 INCHES ********************STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL******************** LOCATION STORM TOTAL TIME/DATE COMMENTS SNOWFALL OF (INCHES) MEASUREMENT NEW YORK ...OSWEGO COUNTY... REDFIELD 141.0 120 PM 2/12 PARISH 121.0 1200 PM 2/12 MEXICO 106.0 121 PM 2/12 ...LEWIS COUNTY... NORTH OSCEOLA 106.0 815 AM 2/12 $$ ===== PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 758 PM EST MON FEB 12 2007 ...SNOWFALL REPORTS VERIFIED EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO... ON MONDAY AFTERNOON, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF THE AREAS EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO TO CONFIRM THE TREMENDOUS SNOWFALL FROM THE RECENT LAKE EFFECT STORM. THE HIGHEST STORM TOTAL FROM THE EVENT WAS REPORTED AT REDFIELD IN OSWEGO COUNTY WHERE 141 INCHES OCCURRED OVER A 10-DAY STRETCH FROM FEBRUARY 3RD THROUGH FEBRUARY 12TH. OFFICIALS ALSO CLEARED UP SOME CONFUSION ABOUT WHETHER THIS WAS A RECORD FOR A STORM. THEY NOTED THAT COMPARING A 3 DAY EVENT TO ONE THAT SPANS 10 DAYS IS LIKE COMPARING APPLES AND ORANGES. THEREFORE THIS MULTI-DAY LAKE EFFECT SNOW EVENT CANNOT BE REFERRED TO AS A RECORD. HOWEVER, THIS DOES NOT TAKE AWAY FROM THE FACT THAT THE STORM TOTALS WERE EXTREME. THOSE WHO LIVE IN THE REGION ARE FAMILIAR WITH LARGE SNOWFALLS. IN DECEMBER OF 2001, 127 INCHES OF SNOW WAS RECORDED IN JUST 6 DAYS IN THE TOWN OF MONTAGUE, ONLY A FEW MILES DOWN THE ROAD FROM REDFIELD. IN BARNES CORNERS, 54 INCHES OF SNOW FELL IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD ON JANUARY 9, 1976. THE 10-DAY LAKE EFFECT SNOW EVENT OFFICIALLY ENDED TODAY AS SNOW WINDED DOWN TO NOTHING MORE THAN A FEW FLURRIES. THIS WILL GIVE THE TUG HILL REGION ONLY A VERY BRIEF BREAK AS A LARGE SCALE SNOW STORM APPROACHES THE REGION FROM THE MIDWEST. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS POSTED HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS FOR THE REGION EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO FOR TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY FOR AS MUCH AS 12 TO 18 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL. MORE LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS POSSIBLE LATER IN THE WEEK FOR SOME OF THE SAME AREAS HIT HARDEST BY THE RECENT STORM. OTHER SNOWFALL REPORTS FROM TRAINED SNOWFALL OBSERVERS INCLUDED: PARISH 121 INCHES MEXICO 106 INCHES NORTH OSCEOLA 106 INCHES