New York Severe Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 08/08/2026 04:44

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 8 at 7:44AM EDT until August 8 at 8:30AM EDT by NWS Buffalo NY
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
August 8, 2026 - 4:44am
Expires: 
August 8, 2026 - 5:30am
Description: 
SVRBUF The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Wyoming County in western New York... Northeastern Erie County in western New York... Southern Niagara County in western New York... Southwestern Orleans County in western New York... Genesee County in western New York... * Until 830 AM EDT. * At 744 AM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Grand Island to near Cheektowaga to Billington Heights, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Buffalo, Cheektowaga, West Seneca, North Tonawanda, Clarence, Lockport, Lackawanna, Batavia, Kenmore, and Depew. This includes Interstate 90 between exits 47 and 57.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Area Description: 
Erie, NY; Genesee, NY; Niagara, NY; Orleans, NY; Wyoming, NY
Forcast Office: 
NWS Buffalo NY
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov