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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY  
917 PM EST WED FEB 18 2026  
 
NYZ001-010>013-085-190700-  
NIAGARA-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-SOUTHERN ERIE-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF NIAGARA FALLS, BUFFALO, BATAVIA, WARSAW,  
GENESEO, ORCHARD PARK, AND SPRINGVILLE  
917 PM EST WED FEB 18 2026  
   
..A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT  
 
AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS AND ASSOCIATED FREEZING RAIN IS  
ADVANCING EASTWARD TOWARD WESTERN NEW YORK THIS EVENING. THESE  
THUNDERSTORMS MAY AFFECT THE NIAGARA FALLS AND BUFFALO AREAS BY  
AROUND 11 PM. SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW  
FREEZING AS THEY CROSS THE AREA, SO A SHORT PERIOD OF THUNDER AND  
FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. THIS  
ACTIVITY WILL MOVE SWIFTLY TO THE SOUTHEAST, SO AREAS IN SOUTHERN  
GENESEE COUNTY AND WYOMING COUNTY COULD SEE A PERIOD OF THUNDER  
AND FREEZING RAIN AROUND MIDNIGHT. AREAS IN LIVINGSTON COUNTY  
WOULD BE AFFECTED CLOSE TO 1 AM.  
 
ANY AREAS THAT ARE BELOW FREEZING MAY SEE BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES  
QUICKLY ICE UP. PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR LOCAL TEMPERATURES AND  
MAINTAIN AWARENESS FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING DRIVING CONDITIONS IN  
THESE AREAS.  
 
 
 
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