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Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 16 at 9:35AM EDT until October 16 at 10:00AM EDT by NWS Buffalo NY

Severe Thunderstorm Warning · Livingston, NY; Monroe, NY; Ontario, NY. Severe; observed; urgency: immediate.

Bulletin issued
16 October 2026 at 13:35 UTC
First saved by us
16 October 2026 at 13:17 UTC
Last included in a daily record
16 October 2026

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Source classification
Severe · Source update

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Issuer / area
NWS Buffalo NY · Livingston, NY; Monroe, NY; Ontario, NY
Certainty / urgency
Observed / Immediate
Message expiry (not hazard end)
16 October 2026 at 14:00 UTC
Forecast onset / end
16 October 2026 at 13:35 UTC / 16 October 2026 at 14:00 UTC

Archived official description

At 935 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Irondequoit to near Chili, moving east at 65 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Rochester, Greece, Irondequoit, Chili, East Rochester, Hilton, Webster, Fairport, Brighton, and Gates-North Gates. This includes the following highways... Interstate 390 between exits 11 and 12. Interstate 90 between exits 44 and 46.

Instructions in this archived message

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.

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    Title
    Before

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 16 at 9:09AM EDT until October 16 at 10:00AM EDT by NWS Buffalo NY

    After

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 16 at 9:35AM EDT until October 16 at 10:00AM EDT by NWS Buffalo NY

    Source updated
    Before

    16 October 2026 at 13:09 UTC

    After

    16 October 2026 at 13:35 UTC

    Effective from
    Before

    16 October 2026 at 13:09 UTC

    After

    16 October 2026 at 13:35 UTC

    Forecast onset
    Before

    16 October 2026 at 13:09 UTC

    After

    16 October 2026 at 13:35 UTC

    Message type
    Before

    Alert

    After

    Update

    Source status
    Before

    Source alert

    After

    Source update

    Reported area
    Before

    Genesee, NY; Livingston, NY; Monroe, NY; Ontario, NY; Orleans, NY

    After

    Livingston, NY; Monroe, NY; Ontario, NY

    Source summary
    Before

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning · Genesee, NY; Livingston, NY; Monroe, NY; Ontario, NY; Orleans, NY. Severe; observed; urgency: immediate.

    After

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning · Livingston, NY; Monroe, NY; Ontario, NY. Severe; observed; urgency: immediate.

    Official description
    Before

    SVRBUF The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Livingston County in western New York... Southeastern Orleans County in western New York... Eastern Genesee County in western New York... Monroe County in western New York... Northwestern Ontario County in western New York... * Until 1000 AM EDT. * At 909 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Byron to Batavia, moving east at 60 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Rochester, Greece, Irondequoit, Chili, Batavia, Brockport, East Rochester, Hilton, Webster, and Fairport. This includes the following highways... Interstate 390 between exits 11 and 12. Interstate 90 between exits 44 and 48.

    After

    At 935 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Irondequoit to near Chili, moving east at 65 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Rochester, Greece, Irondequoit, Chili, East Rochester, Hilton, Webster, Fairport, Brighton, and Gates-North Gates. This includes the following highways... Interstate 390 between exits 11 and 12. Interstate 90 between exits 44 and 46.

    External source link
    Before

    https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b3b27c26ae5cd8bf29172ed98e38ba472c8d7b1a.001.1

    After

    https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e70ddcd7dd3adad6d70c1ba53ac2fe523a78cabc.002.1

    Bulletin issued: 16 October 2026 at 13:35 UTC

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First saved record · 16 October 2026 at 13:17 UTC
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    Our first saved version of Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 16 at 9:09AM EDT until October 16 at 10:00AM EDT by NWS Buffalo NY. We have no earlier saved version to compare.

    Bulletin issued: 16 October 2026 at 13:09 UTC

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    Original saved fields, unchanged. This is our record, not an archived copy of the external webpage.

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