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Dense Fog Advisory 2, NWS Buffalo, NY

February 18, 20265 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this dense fog advisory at Feb 18, 2026, 7:29 PM EST for 5 counties in New York. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 18, 2026, 7:29 PM EST (00:29 UTC)
Expired: Feb 19, 2026, 9:00 AM EST
In force: 14 hr
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY

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

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 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 dense fog 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 dense fog advisory went out at Feb 18, 6:23 PM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 18, 6:23 PM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 18, 1:29 PM EST, 6 hours 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
Feb 18, 10:28 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Wyoming	25 min
Feb 19, 5:47 AM EST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	BUF		4 hr
Feb 19, 12:24 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BUF	Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego	41 hr

Nearby

Dense Fog Advisories in New York, 2026 Every dense fog 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.