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Gale Watch 15, NWS Buffalo, NY

December 8, 2025

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this gale watch at Dec 8, 2025, 3:01 PM EST. It took effect at Dec 10, 2025, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 8, 2025, 3:01 PM EST (20:01 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 10, 2025, 4:00 AM EST
Expired
Dec 9, 2025, 1:29 AM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Buffalo, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale watch went out at Dec 8, 1:50 PM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 8, 1:50 PM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 8, 1:11 PM EST, 1 hour 50 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 8, 12:57 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchBUFJefferson, Lewis, Oswego24 hr
Dec 8, 3:01 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF8 days

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.