NWS Buffalo NYSV.W 0115September 13, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Erie, Genesee, Niagara and 1 more, NY
The National Weather Service office in Buffalo issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Erie, Genesee, Niagara and 1 more in New York, which was in force until 2:15 p.m. local time on September 13. It was the 115th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Buffalo issued in 2026. New York had 33 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 2026, against 31 in an average September of 2008-2025 (New York's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 53 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Buffalo NY
- Area
- Erie, Genesee, Niagara and 1 more
- State
- New York
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 1:22 p.m. EDT, September 13, 2026
- Expires
- 2:15 p.m. EDT, September 13, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KBUF SV.W 0115
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
SVRBUF The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Erie County in western New York... Southern Niagara County in western New York... Southwestern Orleans County in western New York... Northwestern Genesee County in western New York... * Until 215 PM EDT. * At 122 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Sanborn, or near North Tonawanda, moving east at 50 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Niagara Falls, North Tonawanda, Lockport, Batavia, Tonawanda, Amherst, Medina, Albion, Grand Island, and Pendleton. This includes Interstate 90 between exits 48 and 48A.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.