SKYWARN · New York

NWS Cheektowaga BUF

16 counties, 4 radars, one forecaster on the warning desk when it goes bad. This page is what that desk is looking at, plus the nets that feed it.

📺 Wall mode #ny-wx

Nothing active from this office

NWS checked 11:26 PM

Radar

NWS RIDGE · base reflectivity · last hour

Deeper look: KBUF interactive ↗ · KBUF at College of DuPage ↗ · KBGM interactive ↗ · KBGM at College of DuPage ↗ - velocity, correlation coefficient and every tilt.

Satellite

GOES-East · NE sector · GeoColor

NOAA STAR · updates every 5 min · all bands ↗

SPC outlook · day 1

categorical

Marginal → Slight → Enhanced → Moderate → High · day 2 ↗ · mesoscale discussions ↗

Reports taken by this office today

0 · SPC preliminary

No spotter reports logged by BUF so far today (UTC).

Cameras near the office

none listed yet

No cameras listed near Cheektowaga yet. Know one?

Radar tells you what the storm is doing; these tell you what it looks like. Pictures open at their source - ODOT and the Mesonet allow linking, not republishing.

SKYWARN & weather nets for this office

Suggest or fix one →

No net is listed for NWS Cheektowaga yet. If you know the repeater and who runs it, suggest it - the state coordinator checks it and it shows up here and on the state hub. Never guess a frequency from memory; a wrong one during a warning is worse than none.

NOAA Weather Radio in this area

14 transmitters · this office’s first, neighbours after

162.525 MHz KBS508 · White Hillcovers Franklin (WESTERN), Jefferson (NORTH), Lewis (NORTH), St. Lawrence · 300 W · NWS Burlington

162.550 MHz KEB98 · Buffalocovers Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, Wyoming · 330 W · NWS Buffalo

162.400 MHz KEC58 · Eriecovers Chautauqua (W) · 750 W · NWS Cleveland

162.400 MHz KHA53 · Rochestercovers Cayuga, Genesee (E 1/2), Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Wayne (W 1/2), Wyoming (E 1/2), Yates (N 1/2) · 500 W · NWS Buffalo

162.525 MHz WNG539 · Spencerportcovers Monroe · 175 W · NWS Buffalo

162.525 MHz WNG541 · Frewsburgcovers Chautauqua · 175 W · NWS Buffalo

162.425 MHz WWG32 · Cattarauguscovers Cattaraugus, Chautauqua · 125 W · NWS Buffalo

162.550 MHz WXL31 · Syracusecovers Cayuga, Cortland, Jefferson (S), Lewis (S), Madison, Oneida (W), Onondaga, Oswego, Wayne · 1000 W · NWS Binghamton

162.425 MHz WXM45 · Middlevillecovers Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Lewis, Madison, Montgomery, Oneida, Otsego, Schoharie · 300 W · NWS Albany

162.425 MHz WXN29 · Call Hillcovers Allegany, Chemung (ALL), Livingston, Ontario (ALL), Schuyler (ALL), Seneca (ALL), Steuben, Wyoming, Yates (ALL) · 300 W · NWS Binghamton

162.450 MHz WXN55 · Mt. Washingtoncovers Allegany (ALL), Chemung, Livingston (ALL), Ontario, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Wyoming (ALL) · 300 W · NWS Binghamton

162.500 MHz WXN59 · Ithacacovers Cayuga, Chemung, Cortland, Schuyler, Seneca, Tompkins, Yates · 1000 W · NWS Binghamton

162.475 MHz WXN68 · Watertowncovers Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego (N), St. Lawrence · 100 W · NWS Buffalo

162.475 MHz WZ2536 · Lyonscovers Wayne (ALL) · 250 W · NWS Buffalo

What to report, and where

Size charts and the full guide →

🌪️ Tornado, funnel, wall cloud

·Tornado on the ground (say if you see debris)
·Funnel cloud - rotating, not touching down
·Wall cloud, especially a rotating one
·Where it is relative to you, and which way it's moving

🧊 Hail

·The largest stone, compared to a coin or ball (chart below)
·1″ (quarter) is the severe threshold - smaller is still worth a report to most offices
·How long it fell and whether it's covering the ground

💨 Wind

·Measured gusts of 40 mph+; 58 mph is severe
·Damage: trees down, limbs bigger than your arm, roof or structure damage, power lines
·Say whether it was measured or estimated

🌊 Flooding

·Water over a road, especially moving water
·Creeks and rivers rising fast or out of their banks
·Rainfall of 1″ or more in an hour if you have a gauge

❄️ Winter

·Snowfall of 1″ an hour or more, and totals
·Freezing rain and ice accumulation on wires and trees
·Visibility under ¼ mile, blowing and drifting

🚫 Not this

·Lightning and thunder on their own
·Rain that isn't causing flooding
·Ordinary dark clouds, scud, or clouds that only look scary

1 · The net, if one is up
When the office activates SKYWARN, a net control on the local repeater takes reports in a set format and relays them straight to the forecaster. Listen first, check in when asked, keep it short: who, what, where, when.
2 · The office directly
No net running? Every office has a spotter line or online report form on its SKYWARN page - for you that’s NWS Cheektowaga. Trained spotters get the number in class; anyone can use the form.
3 · Tell the room here
/report hail quarter · 71st & Memorial in #ny-wx puts it in front of everyone watching the state. It does not reach the NWS - do 1 or 2 for that.

Counties served by NWS Cheektowaga · 16

NYC003 Allegany

NYC009 Cattaraugus

NYC011 Cayuga

NYC013 Chautauqua

NYC029 Erie

NYC037 Genesee

NYC045 Jefferson

NYC049 Lewis

NYC051 Livingston

NYC055 Monroe

NYC063 Niagara

NYC069 Ontario

NYC073 Orleans

NYC075 Oswego

NYC117 Wayne

NYC121 Wyoming