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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
854 PM EST WED JAN 21 2026
NYC009-013-029-037-063-073-220300-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SQ.W.0009.260122T0154Z-260122T0300Z/
CATTARAUGUS NY-ERIE NY-NIAGARA NY-ORLEANS NY-CHAUTAUQUA NY-
GENESEE NY-
854 PM EST WED JAN 21 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
CENTRAL ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
SOUTHERN NIAGARA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
SOUTHWESTERN ORLEANS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
CENTRAL CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
NORTHWESTERN GENESEE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 1000 PM EST.
* AT 854 PM EST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR GRAND ISLAND TO NEAR ERIE, MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.
HAZARD...INTENSE BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW. GUSTY WINDS LEADING TO
BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITY RAPIDLY FALLING TO LESS THAN
ONE-QUARTER MILE. WIND GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WITHIN MINUTES.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN EXITS 48A AND 61.
INTERSTATE 86 BETWEEN EXITS 4 AND 7.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BUFFALO, CHEEKTOWAGA, NIAGARA FALLS, WEST SENECA, NORTH TONAWANDA,
CLARENCE, LOCKPORT, LACKAWANNA, KENMORE, AND DEPEW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN! RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND ROAD CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL. BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
LAT...LON 4244 7950 4253 7939 4260 7919 4272 7909
4280 7892 4293 7891 4299 7901 4306 7900
4308 7908 4314 7903 4319 7817 4200 7963
4201 7976 4227 7976 4228 7973 4231 7977
TIME...MOT...LOC 0154Z 269DEG 23KT 4304 7894 4213 8013
SNOW SQUALL...RADAR INDICATED
EAJ
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