Right on schedule, heavy lake effect snow and accompanying blowing snow and blinding conditions arrived across areas mainly south of Buffalo overnight and early Thursday

Marton said while only a few inches are expected to fall in South Buffalo, city crews are prepared for significantly more if the band shifts further north.

A state of emergency has been declared in several New York counties as Great Lakes communities from Michigan to the Empire State get blasted by another significant lake-effect snowstorm of the season.