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Update: Some travel ban lifted in Erie County, caution urged in Niagara County

Jan. 14—The travel ban for passenger and commercial vehicles in Erie County has been lifted in Grand Island, Tonawanda, Amherst, Clarence and Newstead.

Central Erie County and many Southtowns will remain under a full travel ban until further notice, and the Thruway remains closed to commercial traffic between Exit 46 and the Pennsylvania State Line. Drivers are advised to stay off the roads and avoid unnecessary travel.

There are no travel restrictions in Niagara County, with emergency officials urging drivers to use caution. "There are places in the county that got very little snow but others that got quite a bit. Plows from the various agencies are out trying to clean up what we have seen so far," a message from the Niagara County Emergency Services Facebook read late Sunday morning.

New Yorkers in Western New York are being urged to stay home throughout the duration of the storm. Travel in impacted areas could be dangerous at times throughout the evening due to blizzard-like conditions.

"Our crews have been working around the clock to keep the roads clear and New Yorkers safe, and I am grateful that the vast majority of New Yorkers heeded our ban and stayed off the road," Gov. Kathy Hochul said. "As conditions are improving int eh north towns we are lifting the travel ban there, but if you do not have to travel today, stay home and let our crews continue to work. If you are in central Erie County and much of the Southtowns, continue to stay home."

Currently, there are 25,569 outages statewide, including 18,518 outages in the Mid-Hudson region, 90 in Western New York and 42 in the North Country. Utility crews have kept up with the level of power outages incurred to date, and remain on standby to restore any additional power outages if and when they occur.

The travel ban was lifted Sunday morning in the Towns of Collins, North Collins, Concord, Sardinia, Colden and Holland, as well as in the Villages of North Collins and Springville.

Heavy lake effect snow will continue off the eastern shores of both Lake Erie and Lake Ontario throughout Sunday, with snowfall rates of 2 to 3 inches possible, as well as thundersnow in the heaviest parts of the bands. Winds will begin out of the southwest Sunday morning gusting at 35-40 mph and will increase to 40-50 mph this afternoon.

Tonight, snowfall rates are expected to remain at 2 to3 inches per hour in the heaviest bands, but wind gusts will diminish to 30 mph. In Western New York, the band is expected to oscillate near or just south of Buffalo for most of the night, while in the North Country, the band is expected to oscillate between the central Tug Hill plateau and Watertown. For a complete listing of weather alerts and forecasts, visit the National Weather Service website at https://alerts.weather.gov .

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Travel Ban Lifted for North Towns in Erie County

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The Buffalo community has once again been crippled by a lake effect snowstorm. This one being harsh due to the powerful winds, which has caused intense whiteout conditions and heavy snowfall across the region.

The hardest hit areas include South Buffalo, West Seneca, Hamburg, Orchard Park, East Aurora, Angola, etc. However, the intense snow band has only spent a period of time areas north of Buffalo (mainly overnight and into the very early morning hours).

Because of that and the lesser snowfall totals, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced that the north towns travel ban is being lifted.

That includes Grand Island, Amherst, Clarence, Tonawanda and Newstead. Travel advisories are still in place.

However, the travel ban is still in effect for the City of Buffalo and the south towns, which includes Orchard Park, which is where the Bills playoff game will be played on Monday afternoon at 4:30 pm.

Hochul says that the conditions, while not perfect, will not involve life-threatening conditions on Monday afternoon like Sunday and Saturday. It will be very cold, breezy but no heavy snow and overly strong winds.

Here’s where travel bans are still in place.

Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz says the game will be held as scheduled but that not all the stadium lots will be cleared of snow in time. He highly encourages carpooling, as there will be less parking spaces available than usual.

This is all good news. However, the snow band is still pummeling the south towns and the event is not over yet. Hopefully, the ban for the south towns will be lifted tonight or very early on Monday morning, but Poloncarz wasn’t optimistic it would come tonight.

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Full travel ban in effect for roads in Erie County due to winter weather

BUFFALO, NY (WBNG) -- Gov. Kathy Hochul along with the New York State Department of Transportation have declared a full travel ban on the roads in Erie County.

The move comes as the department expects blizzard-like conditions will make it difficult for drivers to successfully operate a car.

The ban is in effect for all of Erie County beginning at 9 p.m. on Saturday.

Along with Erie County roads, several other travel bans are in effect for empty trucks, trailers and tandem trucks.

The following routes are banned for these vehicles:

• I-90 Exit 46 – State of Pennsylvania line
• I-190 (South of the North Grand Island Bridge)
• Buffalo Skyway (NY 5)
• I-190 (North of the North Grand Island Bridge)
• Kensington Expressway (NY 33)
• I-86 in Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties

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The National Weather Service is still predicting another day of heavy snow across the region with totals expected close to two feet in some spots.

• A series of Lake Effect Snow Warnings remain in place
• A State of Emergency in Erie County continues indefinitely
• A Travel Ban is in effect for most of Erie County— but has been downgraded to just an advisory in several locations.

Two intense plumes of lake effect snow with snowfall rates of at least 3 inches per hour will continue northeast of the lakes into Friday night, the National Weather Service says.

"It'll probably just remain over the Southtowns of Buffalo into ... the city of Buffalo out throughout the day, today and tonight, " said Liz Jurkowski, a meteorologist in the Buffalo forecast office of the National Weather Service

The weather service has measured about 11.5 inches at the airport as of 5 a.m. Friday, Jurkowski says. Depew reported 13 inches, with 18 in the Boston Hills.

Visibility remains an issue, especially where the lake-effect snow bands form.

"As that band heads north into Niagara County, things should start to lighten up a bit, you should be able to be able to get outside and start clearing out some of that snow," Jurkowski. "And then as that band shifts out Saturday night ... you'll wake up just a couple more inches Sunday morning."

Lake Effect in Buffalo NY 11/18/2022 @TheBuffaloNews @NWSBUFFALO @news4buffalo pic.twitter.com/mPHOPFo1bZ — WAlves (@w_wdglma) November 18, 2022

Travel is still not advised nor easy, but an outright ban in Erie County has been changed to an advisory only for Amherst, Buffalo, Brant, Colden, Collins, Concord, Grand Island, Newstead, North Collins, Sardinia, and the Town and City of Tonawanda.

As of 11:30 a.m. Friday, the NFTA says bus service will return to areas in Erie County outside of the travel ban beginning at noon. The NFTA-Metro is still operating and bus service continues in Niagara County. Paratransit has been suspended but the NFTA is asking riders to reschedule if possible.

As of 11 a.m. Friday, Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz has issued travel ban for the City of Buffalo south of William Street.

"We do want to express our sincere appreciation to the residents of Erie County who for the most part heeded the warning that we have out there to stay off the roads they they took our advice and the travel ban and we really think that that is a major reason why and I'll things are getting up to speed," said Erie County Emergency Services Commissioner Dan Neaverth Jr., in announcing the travel ban change, early Friday morning

Neaverth cautioned, however, that while some areas might not have seen as much snowfall as others, no one should be lulled into a false sense of security.

"So this thing is still moving ... even though you might not have snow in your area you could. There is still a winter storm watch for southern area in Chautauqua County," he said

THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNINGS   Southern Erie County -Including the cities of Orchard Park and Springville WARNING IN PLACE UNTIL 1 AM SATURDAY Heavy lake effect snow Total snow accumulations of 1 to 3 feet in the most persistent lake snows. Highest totals likely in Hamburg and Orchard Park. Winds gusting as high as 35 mph will produce patchy blowing snow. Travel will be difficult to impossible

Northern Erie County and Genesee County - including Buffalo and Batavia WARNING IN PLACE UNTIL 1 P.M. SUNDAY Heavy lake effect snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 2 to 4 feet in the most persistent lake snows. The heaviest snow is expected late Thursday evening through Friday night when snowfall rates could exceed 3 inches per hour. Snowfall totals of up to 4 feet will be possible if the main snow band remains stationary for longer period of time. Winds gusting as high as 35 mph with produce patchy blowing snow. Travel will be very difficult to impossible. Heavy snow could also bring down some tree limbs and cause scattered power outages.

  Niagara County - including Niagara Falls WARNING BEGINS AT 7 P.M. FRIDAY UNTIL 7 A.M. SUNDAY Heavy lake effect snow likely. Total snow accumulations of 8 to 16 inches in the most persistent snow areas. Wind gusts as as high as 35 MPH will produce patchy blowing snow. Travel could be difficult to impossible. Tree limbs and wires may fall, causing power outages.

In advance of the storm, Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday urged residents in Western New York to stay home

“We’re expecting upwards of two to four feet. It’s not just the volume, two to four feet the first night, we could possibly see anywhere from four to six feet between now and Sunday. It is the rate of snow that is most concerning,” Hochul said.

Initial snow projections stated snow would fall at a rate of up to two inches per hour but the National Weather Service now says the rate is now expected to be two to four inches per hour which the governor called “extraordinary.”

“That level of snow coming down with that intensity is what creates the dangerousness and the lack of ability to see on the roads,” Hochul said.

The warnings created a flurry of activity at area grocery stores, with a run on some basic items like milk, bread and cold cuts.

A Tops Market in Depew had no bread — only hamburger or hotdog rolls available — by 6:30 p.m. Thursday evening. A similar rush was reported at a Target store in North Buffalo and elsewhere.

Hochul said the state and local officials have taken steps in preparation for the snow storm including activating the National Guard, pre-salting the streets and the closure of schools.

Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown said Buffalo Public Schools will be closed Friday garbage and recycling collection for Friday has been postponed in preparation for the storm.

“I want to ask people in the city of Buffalo and throughout our region to stay off the roads between Thursday at seven and Friday at seven. If you have to get items if you have to stock up if you have to do things. The time to do that is right now before the snow starts to fly,” Brown said.

“If you must go out, you have to leave plenty of time and go very, very slowly," said New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services Commissioner Jackie Bray. "Visibility will likely be next to zero. The National Weather Service has deemed the event an extreme winter storm on its severity index for Jefferson County, Genesee County and Erie County."

The Wyoming County Sheriff's Office issued a travel advisory for the entire county Friday morning.

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Erie County Updates: State of Emergency And Driving Ban

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Erie County provided a critical update on the state of the county after the snowstorm hit last night. The State of Emergency is still in effect. The Lake Effect Warning is still in effect. There is a Gail watch for both Lakes Erie and Lake Ontario. The County expects another 48 hours of this. In the Hamburg and Blasdell areas, there are currently 24 inches of snow.  In West Seneca and South Buffalo from Route 16 south, visibility is 50 to 100 feet at best.

Erie County Travel Ban

For the northtowns - the City of Tonawanda, Town of Tonawanda, Grand Island, Newstead, Clarence, and Amherst, it has been changed to a travel advisory. For everywhere else in Erie County, the travel ban is still in place .  There were a few minor accidents and vehicles that got stuck overnight. But overall, the driving ban helped.

Public Works was able to keep roads clean with 35 trucks on and will add a snowblower or two today.  The equipment is holding up great. Erie County Courts are virtual today. There is no NFTA bus service , but the Metro Rail is running on schedule.

Closings In Erie County

ECMC outpatient clinics are closed today. There were scattered power outages in Erie County.  Do not use generators indoors or in the garage.  Need to be placed outside your home.

Most schools and colleges in Western New York have cancelled classes. You can see the full list here.

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Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz » ERIE COUNTY UPDATES TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AS OF MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21

ERIE COUNTY UPDATES TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AS OF MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21

Modified: November 21, 2022 7:28am

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Following continued reviews of road conditions and weather forecasts and constant communication with city, town and village officials from throughout the region, Erie County announces it will update its travel restrictions to reflect the following as it pertains to driving bans starting Monday, Nov. 21.

*Effective at midnight tonight, the travel ban for the Town and Village of Orchard Park will be lifted and replaced by a travel advisory for all of Orchard Park

* Effective at 6 a.m., the travel ban for the Town of Hamburg, Village of Hamburg and Village of Blasdell will be lifted and be replaced by a travel advisory for all of Hamburg

* Effective at 6 a.m., the travel ban for the Town of Evans and the Village of Angola will be lifted and replaced by a travel advisory for all of Evans

The City of Lackawanna and the City of Buffalo south of William Street will continue to have a driving ban until further notice.

Following consultation with state officials, Route 219 and New York State Thruway exits 56 and 57 will also re-open to all traffic effective at midnight tonight.

In addition, the following municipalities will have their travel advisories lifted:

Cheektowaga

City of Tonawanda

Grand Island

North Collins

Springville

Williamsville

County officials are still urging all residents to use extreme caution when traveling, especially when approaching intersections in order to help prevent additional blocked roads from motor vehicle accidents or stranded vehicles and to help continue allowing snow removal crews, tow trucks and emergency responders to conduct their work.

Click here to access the updated travel advisory map

Current WNY travel bans and advisories

A State of Emergency has been declared in Erie County. More info here.

Cleanup efforts continue Wednesday. Residents are being reminded by county officials not to drive in ban areas. It will hinder the work of heavy equipment operators working to clear the areas of snow.

CLOSURES (PER NITTEC ):

• Rte. 5 Eastbound - Closed at Tifft Street to I-190 (3.2 miles).
• Rte. 5 Westbound - Closed from I-190 to Tift St.
• Rte 400 Southbound - Closed from I-90 to Olean Rd. 
• Rte 400 Northbound - Closed from Olean Rd to I-90 (15.0 miles).
• Rte 219 Northbound - Closed from Rte 39 to Ridge Rd.
• Rte 219 Southbound - Closed from I-90 to Rte 39.
• I-90 Westbound - Closed from Exit 46 (Henrietta) to PA line.
• I-90 Eastbound - Closed from PA line to Exit 46 (Henrietta).
• Ramp I-290W to I-190S - Closed
• I-290 Eastbound - Closed at Exit 6 (Sheridan Drive) to I-90 (1.9 miles).
• I-190 Southbound - Closed from Exit 16 (I-290) to I-90

ADVISORIES:

• Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Wyoming and contiguous counties - State of Emergency
• Northern Cattaraugus County - Travel Advisory
• Genesee County - Travel Advisory
• Town of Newstead - Travel Advisory
• Village of Akron - Travel Advisory
• City of Dunkirk - Travel Advisory
• Town of Boston - Travel Ban
• Eden - Travel Ban
• Sloan - Travel Ban
• Corfu - Travel Ban
• Darien - Limited Travel Ban
• East Aurora - Travel Ban
• Aurora - Travel Ban
• Alden - Travel Ban
• West Seneca - Travel Ban
• Orchard Park - Travel Ban
• Cheektowaga - Travel Ban south of Genesee Street
• Village of Lancaster - Travel Ban - until 6 a.m. Wednesday
• Village of Depew - Travel Ban - Transit, Walden and Broadway shut down. More than 100 cars stranded
• City of Lackawanna - Travel Ban
• Town of Marilla - Travel Ban
• Town of Elma - Travel Ban
• Town of Evans - Travel Ban
• Town of Hamburg - Travel Ban
• Village of Blasdell - Travel Ban
• Buffalo - Travel Ban in South Buffalo, everything south of Clinton Street

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