National Weather Service makes changes to winter weather alerts

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) —This week was winter weather awareness week in New York State. The National Weather Service wants you to be prepared when the white stuff start falling, and ironically we saw some of that already this week.
Buffalo is no stranger to snow. But unlike a lot of other cities, there are a few different types we experience here. Sometimes snow moves in as part of a large system. Other times it forms off of the Great Lakes. You at home know this all too well as lake effect s