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Gale Watch 16, NWS Buffalo, NY

December 10, 2025

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this gale watch at Dec 10, 2025, 3:18 AM EST. It took effect at Dec 11, 2025, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 10, 2025, 3:18 AM EST (08:18 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 11, 2025, 1:00 AM EST
Expired
Dec 10, 2025, 12:36 PM 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 10, 2:49 AM EST, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 10, 2:49 AM EST, 29 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 9, 1:22 PM EST, 13 hours 56 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 10, 12:36 PM ESTGale WarningBUF33 hr
Dec 10, 12:49 PM ESTLake Effect Snow WarningBUFCattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Oswego, Wayne4 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.