NWS Buffalo NYSV.W 0106September 2, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Erie, Genesee, Livingston and 4 more, NY
The National Weather Service office in Buffalo issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Erie, Genesee, Livingston and 4 more in New York, which was in force until 8:00 p.m. local time on September 2. It was the 106th 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).
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The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Buffalo NY
- Area
- Erie, Genesee, Livingston and 4 more
- State
- New York
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 6:47 p.m. EDT, September 2, 2026
- Expires
- 8:00 p.m. EDT, September 2, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KBUF SV.W 0106
- 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... Wyoming County in western New York... Northeastern Erie County in western New York... Northwestern Livingston County in western New York... Niagara County in western New York... Orleans County in western New York... Genesee County in western New York... Monroe County in western New York... * Until 800 PM EDT. * At 646 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Niagara Falls, moving east at 55 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * Locations impacted include... Buffalo, Rochester, Greece, Cheektowaga, Irondequoit, Niagara Falls, West Seneca, North Tonawanda, Clarence, and Chili. This includes the following highways... Interstate 390 near exit 12. Interstate 90 between exits 46 and 56.
What the agency told people to do
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside should move immediately to shelter inside a strong building. Stay away from windows. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM EDT for western New York.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York since 2008442 a year
- Every warning type in New York
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, September 20262,824 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels