A complex low pressure system that plagued the Northeast brought significant snowfall to western and central New York. The snow in western New York came in two phases from Sunday night to early Monday morning (4th-5th) and again Monday night to Tuesday morning (5th-6th). The heaviest snow fell during the first period and was associated with upper level energy, while the second snow period resulted from the western fringe of a large coastal storm south of New England. East of Lake Ontario, the snow was nearly continuous from late Monday night through Tuesday morning (4th-6th). Snowfall totals for the 48-hour event were generally between 12-18" from the Genesee Valley eastward and 8-12" across far western New York. Specific storm totals reported...Niagara county: 9" North Tonawanda and Niagara Falls and 7" Youngstown;  Erie county: 12" Wales, 11" Colden; 10" Boston and Buffalo; 9" Orchard Park, Lancaster and Amherst, and 8" Tonawanda, Alden and Grand Island;  Orleans  county: 11" Medina and 10" Lyndonville; Genesee county: 10" Pavilion and 9" Batavia; Wyoming county: 13" Portageville, 10" Warsaw, and 9" Bennington; Chautauqua county: 14" Sherman, 12" Frewsburg and Sinclairville, 10" Jamestown and 7" Silver Creek; Cattaraugus county: 14" Perrysburg, 13" Olean and Salamanca; 12" Franklinville and Little Valley, and 9" New Albion; Allegany county: 15" Angelica and Friendship, 14" Alfred, 12" Wellsville and Whitesville; Monroe county: 19" Mendon; 17" Greece, 16" Webster, 15" Honeoye Falls, 14" Penfield and Perinton and 10" Rochester; Livingston county: 19" Conesus, 16" Mount Morris, 14" Nunda and Dansville, 11" Avon; Ontario county: 13" Honeoye Lake and 12" Geneva; Wayne county: 21" Sodus, 14" Ontario, and 13" Newark and Palmyra; Cayuga county: 18" Fair Haven; Oswego county: 19" West Monroe; 16" Fulton, and 15" Oswego; Jefferson county: 9" Adams, and 8" Chaumont and Watertown; and Lewis county: 16" Castorland, 12" Lowville, 11" North Osceola, 9" and Highmarket.

Heavy Snow in ERIE, NEW YORK
From 05-MAR-01 08:15:00 to 05-MAR-01 08:15:00 (EST)
Property damage: 100K
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in WAYNE, NEW YORK
From 05-MAR-01 08:55:00 to 05-MAR-01 08:55:00 (EST)
Property damage: 150K
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in ONTARIO, NEW YORK
From 05-MAR-01 09:00:00 to 05-MAR-01 09:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 150K
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in LEWIS, NEW YORK
From 05-MAR-01 09:30:00 to 05-MAR-01 09:30:00 (EST)
Property damage: 150K
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in CHAUTAUQUA, NEW YORK
From 05-MAR-01 10:05:00 to 05-MAR-01 10:05:00 (EST)
Property damage: 75K
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in OSWEGO, NEW YORK
From 05-MAR-01 15:15:00 to 05-MAR-01 15:15:00 (EST)
Property damage: 200K
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in NORTHERN CAYUGA, NEW YORK
From 06-MAR-01 07:10:00 to 06-MAR-01 07:10:00 (EST)
Property damage: 100K
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in ALLEGANY, NEW YORK
From 04-MAR-01 23:53:00 to 04-MAR-01 23:53:00 (EST)
Property damage: 100K
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in CATTARAUGUS, NEW YORK
From 05-MAR-01 00:05:00 to 05-MAR-01 00:05:00 (EST)
Property damage: 100K
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in MONROE, NEW YORK
From 05-MAR-01 06:40:00 to 05-MAR-01 06:40:00 (EST)
Property damage: 200K
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in WYOMING, NEW YORK
From 05-MAR-01 06:55:00 to 05-MAR-01 06:55:00 (EST)
Property damage: 75K
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in GENESEE, NEW YORK
From 05-MAR-01 08:00:00 to 05-MAR-01 08:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 75K
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER