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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
526 PM EST THU JAN 22 2026
NYC029-037-051-055-073-117-222330-
/O.NEW.KBUF.SQ.W.0016.260122T2226Z-260122T2330Z/
WAYNE NY-ERIE NY-LIVINGSTON NY-ORLEANS NY-GENESEE NY-MONROE NY-
526 PM EST THU JAN 22 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
NORTHEASTERN ERIE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
NORTH CENTRAL LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
SOUTHEASTERN ORLEANS COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
GENESEE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
MONROE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 630 PM EST.
* AT 526 PM EST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR HILTON TO NEAR OAKFIELD TO NEAR KENMORE, MOVING
EAST AT 35 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 INDICATED.
IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WITHIN MINUTES.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 390 BETWEEN EXITS 11 AND 12.
INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN EXITS 46 AND 53.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BUFFALO, ROCHESTER, GREECE, CHEEKTOWAGA, IRONDEQUOIT, WEST SENECA,
CLARENCE, CHILI, BATAVIA, 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 4294 7891 4305 7844 4338 7775 4328 7754
4332 7738 4333 7717 4331 7701 4294 7769
4286 7892
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 270DEG 30KT 4331 7771 4300 7829 4295 7881
SNOW SQUALL...RADAR INDICATED
EAJ
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