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Winter Storm Watch 12, NWS Buffalo, NY

November 24, 20258 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this winter storm watch at Nov 24, 2025, 1:38 AM EST for 8 counties in New York. It took effect at Nov 26, 2025, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 24, 2025, 1:38 AM EST (06:38 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 26, 2025, 7:00 PM EST
Expired
Nov 25, 2025, 12:44 PM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Jefferson County, NY, Lewis County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Wyoming County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm watch went out at Nov 23, 8:50 PM EST, 4 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 23, 8:50 PM EST, 4 hours 48 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 24, 3:47 AM ESTGale WatchBUF24 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in New York, 2025Every winter storm watch in 2025

Sources

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