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WWUS51 KBUF 221847  
SQWBUF  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SNOW SQUALL WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY  
147 PM EST THU JAN 22 2026  
 
NYC037-051-055-069-073-117-221930-  
/O.NEW.KBUF.SQ.W.0013.260122T1847Z-260122T1930Z/  
WAYNE NY-LIVINGSTON NY-ORLEANS NY-GENESEE NY-MONROE NY-ONTARIO NY-  
147 PM EST THU JAN 22 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...  
SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...  
NORTHERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...  
SOUTHEASTERN ORLEANS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...  
EASTERN GENESEE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...  
MONROE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...  
NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...  
 
* UNTIL 230 PM EST.  
 
* AT 146 PM EST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED OVER CALEDONIA,  
OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHILI, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...INTENSE BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW. GUSTY WINDS LEADING TO  
BLOWING SNOW AND RAPIDLY FALLING VISIBILITY. 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 8 AND 12.  
INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN EXITS 45 AND 47.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
ROCHESTER, GREECE, IRONDEQUOIT, CHILI, BATAVIA, BROCKPORT, GENESEO,  
EAST ROCHESTER, HILTON, AND WEBSTER.  
 
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 4299 7817 4340 7786 4338 7775 4328 7754  
4331 7742 4316 7708 4276 7783  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1846Z 241DEG 35KT 4298 7782  
 
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED  
 

 
 
HSK  
 
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