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Cold Weather Advisory 1, NWS Buffalo, NY

January 19, 20264 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this cold weather advisory at Jan 19, 2026, 1:09 AM EST for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Jan 19, 2026, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 19, 2026, 1:09 AM EST (06:09 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 19, 2026, 10:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 20, 2026, 12:25 PM EST
In force: 14 hr
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Wyoming County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:07 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 cold weather advisory 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 cold weather advisory went out at Jan 18, 7:14 PM EST, 5 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 18, 7:14 PM EST, 5 hours 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 18, 1:16 PM EST, 11 hours 53 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 19, 12:41 PM EST	Snow Squall Warning	BUF	Livingston, Monroe	64 min
Jan 19, 4:22 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BUF	Livingston, Monroe, Ontario	22 hr

Nearby

Cold Weather Advisories in New York, 2026 Every cold weather advisory in 2026

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.