The National Weather Service issued an updated report at 12:58 p.m. on Friday for lake effect snow until 3 p.m. for Northern Erie and Southern Erie as well as Crawford County.

Post-Thanksgiving travel plans were thrown into chaos as more than two feet of snow fell along Lake Erie, closing I-90 and stranding motorists.

After an unusually mild fall, as much as 2 to 3 feet (0.6 to 0.9 meters) of snow were possible along Lake Erie and south of Buffalo from lake-effect bands notorious for pummeling

Forecasters say heavy lake effect snow will impact travel throughout the weekend east and southeast of the Great Lakes.

A lake-effect storm in the Great Lakes region that was bringing heavy snow to parts of northern New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania on Friday prompted the closure of highways, disrupting travel after the Thanksgiving holiday,

A blast of Arctic air taking over much of the U.S. is bringing powerful lake-effect snow to several states and shivering temperatures to parts of the South.