Hamburg, New York, Witnesses Intense Lake-Effect Snowstorm

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Hamburg, New York, witnessed an intense lake-effect snowstorm in November. The residents saw heaps of snow piled up and buried cars amidst thundersnow.

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00:00 Got about 3 feet here in Hamburg so far.

00:07 Oh man.

00:08 Look at this.

00:09 Almost up to my waist.

00:10 Very heavy snow continuing.

00:11 2 to 3 inches per hour I would say.

00:12 This is going to be a fun walk.

00:26 You guys ready?

00:27 Woo!

00:37 Cars are buried.

00:59 Drift is going up the tree.

01:00 This is crazy.

01:01 Absolutely buried there.

01:11 In terms of visibility I would say about a half a mile or so.

01:28 Actually less than that, a quarter of a mile.

01:38 Woo.

01:41 That's just buried.

01:48 I apologize for my breathing.

01:54 These roads have not been plowed so it's a tough walk.

01:59 6 foot fence there.

02:18 This is actually about 3 inches per hour I'd say.

02:22 Oh man.

02:26 Some more buried cars.

02:36 I don't know if you guys can see but there is literally over 2 feet of snow.

02:48 I mean look at this in the road.

02:55 In the road.

03:00 Look at this.

03:05 What the heck.

03:10 I'm going to have to get my camera out of the way.

03:39 This is a good workout.

04:06 Winds are gusting pretty high right now.

04:14 It's a big mountain of snow in the middle of the road.

04:28 This is over 3, almost 4 inches per hour probably right now.

04:36 You can see the snow is halfway up these garages.

04:41 Look at that coming off the roof there.

04:47 That's crazy.

04:57 More buried cars.

05:05 I got a buried RV and a boat.

05:10 Look at that.

05:11 Just really goes to show you how much snow has fallen so far.

05:24 It's picking up again.

05:30 That's a house that's getting buried.

05:59 The lakes have definitely gotten a little bit more fluffier than the first part of the storm where it was very very wet.

06:18 I mean guys look at this.

06:20 Look at this.

06:24 It's just crazy.

06:34 I'm going to turn around here and go back.

06:39 I'm in this direction out of the west southwest.

06:43 Right out over the lake.

06:50 Reports of some water spots near the Buffalo Harbor.

06:56 The record warm lake temps have really fueled this band.

07:15 Not quite as high snowfall rates as the November 2014 event.

07:22 But definitely topped out over 5 inches per hour overnight here.

07:40 Man.

07:47 Really starting to come down again.

07:51 I'm going to turn around.

08:20 Man.

08:49 Snowfall rate has increased 3.5 inches per hour I'd say right about now.

08:54 As you can see the visibility has decreased.

08:58 It's going between like 2 and 4 inches per hour on average.

09:03 Picked up 21.5 inches in 6 hours overnight which is just crazy.

09:12 Hey!

09:17 Crazy!

09:36 I don't know if you guys can see this but there is just so much snow on the road.

09:40 I'm going to walk.

09:55 It's so beautiful though.

09:57 Look at that.

10:26 Oh man.

10:28 It's buried.

10:44 I feel like the snow has picked up again.

10:46 This is unreal.

11:15 Alright.

11:25 Let's see how much we end up with after all this.

11:29 this.

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