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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
334 PM EST THU JAN 22 2026
NYC029-037-055-063-073-222130-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SQ.W.0014.260122T2034Z-260122T2130Z/
ERIE NY-NIAGARA NY-ORLEANS NY-GENESEE NY-MONROE NY-
334 PM EST THU JAN 22 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
NIAGARA COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
ORLEANS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
NORTHWESTERN GENESEE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
NORTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 430 PM EST.
* AT 334 PM EST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES WEST OF LAKESIDE BEACH STATE PARK TO 34
MILES NORTHWEST OF DUNKIRK, 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 GREATER THAN 35 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR AND WEBCAMS.
IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WITHIN MINUTES.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN EXITS 48A AND 55.
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.
REDUCE SPEED AND TURN ON HEADLIGHTS! DURING SNOW SQUALLS, THE
VISIBILITY MAY SUDDENLY DROP TO NEAR ZERO IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
LAT...LON 4273 7908 4280 7892 4284 7893 4293 7891
4299 7901 4306 7900 4308 7908 4315 7904
4325 7906 4328 7908 4332 7900 4340 7864
4342 7824 4341 7807 4333 7770 4267 7911
TIME...MOT...LOC 2034Z 274DEG 23KT 4335 7838 4287 7976
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
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