The National Weather Service warned Monday night that a 15 - mile wide nearly stationary band of
intense lake effect snow was dumping up to 3 inches per hour on roads in southern Erie County as well as Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Livingston and Wyoming counties.
An
intense band of
lake -
effect snow is producing snowfall of two to three inches per hour in southern Erie, Cattaraugus, Chautuauqa, Livingston and Wyoming counties, the National Weather Service reported Monday evening.