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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
930 AM EST THU JAN 22 2026
NYC003-009-011-013-051-055-069-117-121-221530-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SQ.W.0012.260122T1430Z-260122T1530Z/
WAYNE NY-WYOMING NY-CATTARAUGUS NY-LIVINGSTON NY-CAYUGA NY-
CHAUTAUQUA NY-ALLEGANY NY-MONROE NY-ONTARIO NY-
930 AM EST THU JAN 22 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
CATTARAUGUS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
CAYUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK...
SOUTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
ALLEGANY COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
SOUTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
ONTARIO COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 1030 AM EST.
* AT 929 AM EST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR CANANDAIGUA TO NEAR ALLEGANY STATE PARK, MOVING
EAST AT 40 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 35 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR AND WEBCAMS.
IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WITHIN MINUTES.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 390 BETWEEN EXITS 4 AND 11.
INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN EXITS 40 AND 45.
INTERSTATE 86 BETWEEN EXITS 16 AND 33.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OLEAN, GENEVA, CANANDAIGUA, GENESEO, EAST ROCHESTER, SALAMANCA,
FAIRPORT, DANSVILLE, WELLSVILLE, AND ALLEGANY STATE PARK.
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.
REDUCE SPEED AND TURN ON HEADLIGHTS! DURING SNOW SQUALLS, THE
VISIBILITY MAY SUDDENLY DROP TO NEAR ZERO IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
LAT...LON 4200 7926 4314 7748 4312 7647 4303 7650
4301 7696 4276 7698 4276 7731 4258 7737
4258 7766 4253 7772 4200 7775
TIME...MOT...LOC 1429Z 265DEG 60KT 4294 7723 4201 7877
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
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