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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
430 PM EST THU JAN 22 2026
NYC029-037-055-063-073-222230-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SQ.W.0015.260122T2130Z-260122T2230Z/
ERIE NY-NIAGARA NY-ORLEANS NY-GENESEE NY-MONROE NY-
430 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...
SOUTHEASTERN 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 530 PM EST.
* AT 429 PM EST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR HAMLIN BEACH STATE PARK TO KENMORE, MOVING EAST
AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...INTENSE BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW. GUSTY WINDS LEADING TO
BLOWING SNOW AND RAPIDLY FALLING VISIBILITY. 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 49 AND 53.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BUFFALO, CHEEKTOWAGA, WEST SENECA, NORTH TONAWANDA, CLARENCE,
LOCKPORT, KENMORE, DEPEW, TONAWANDA, AND AMHERST.
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 4341 7810 4339 7775 4333 7764 4282 7889
4283 7891 4295 7892 4298 7901 4301 7902
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 264DEG 17KT 4331 7799 4296 7889
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
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