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'I can't believe my eyes': Lake Erie's wrath creates unbelievable lakefront scene
By Adriana Navarro, AccuWeather staff writer
Published Feb 29, 2020 1:56 PM EDT
The clashing of an area of low pressure with an upper-level disturbance set up not just an impressive lake-effect snow event on Thursday, but sculpted an icy spectacle as well.
A line of homes sit on the shore of Lake Erie at Hoover Beach in Hamburg, New York. By Friday morning, the shore-facing sides of them were encased in ice up to an estimation of 3 feet thick.
A local meteorologist took a video of the scene on Friday, showing the extent of the ice accumulation.
"A strong westerly fetch wave and tight pressure gradient promoted both strong winds and heavy snow to fall downwind of the lakes," AccuWeather Meteorologist Brett Rossio said. "The strong winds and high waves were responsible for the significant ice accretion on the homes of Hoover Beach."
Hamburg, New York is located off the coast of Lake Erie, about 15 miles south of Buffalo. The closest weather station in Watertown, New York, recorded wind gusts of up to 60 mph.
Similar occurrences have happened over the past few years though near Lake Ontario. In 2019, strong winds that had also caused "ice tsunamis" had splashed lakefront houses in Pulaski, New York. Two years earlier, an "ice house" had been found in West Webster, New York, on the shore of Lake Ontario.
Homes near Pulaski did not escape the ice either, however. A small structure on the eastern shoreline of Lake Ontario was also found to be entombed in ice as the waves and chilling wind clashed.
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Although parts of upstate New York continue to experience blizzard conditions, blizzard warnings issued by the National Weather Service ended by Friday afternoon. Winter weather advisories remain in areas along Lake Ontario.
Parts of New York are set to have more than 4 feet of snow -- some of which have already received as much. Carthage, New York, has received about 48 inches as of early Saturday afternoon.
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