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Winter Storm Watch 3, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this winter storm watch at Feb 22, 2026, 12:26 AM EST for Chautauqua County, New York. It took effect at Feb 22, 2026, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 22, 2026, 12:26 AM EST (05:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 22, 2026, 10:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 22, 2026, 12:50 PM EST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
County Chautauqua County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:28 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 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 Feb 21, 7:49 PM EST, 4 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 21, 7:49 PM EST, 4 hours 37 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 7:27 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | Cayuga, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans, Oswego, Wayne | 9 hr |
| Feb 22, 12:50 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 39 hr |
| Feb 22, 12:50 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Erie, Livingston, Ontario, Wyoming | 39 hr |
| Feb 22, 2:35 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 46 hr |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.