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NWS: Dense Fog Advisory in Effect Until 7 AM
Wednesday
Published: February 17, 2026
at 07:30 a.m.
By: Weather Alert
from National Weather Service
Dense Fog
Advisory
URGENT - WEATHER
MESSAGE
National Weather
Service Buffalo NY
641 AM EST Tue
Feb 17 2026
NYZ001>008-011>014-019>021-180300-
/O.EXB.KBUF.FG.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-260218T1200Z/
Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-Wayne-Northern
Cayuga-Oswego-Jefferson-
Lewis-Genesee-Wyoming-Livingston-Ontario-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus-
Allegany-
Including the
cities of Niagara Falls, Medina, Rochester, Newark,
Fair Haven,
Oswego, Watertown, Lowville, Batavia, Warsaw,
Geneseo,
Canandaigua, Jamestown, Olean, and Wellsville
641 AM EST Tue
Feb 17 2026
...DENSE FOG
ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY...
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WHAT...Visibility as low as one quarter mile at times in dense fog.
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WHERE...Niagara, Orleans, Monroe, Wayne, Northern Cayuga, Oswego,
Jefferson, Lewis, Genesee, Wyoming,
Livingston, Ontario,
Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, and Allegany
Counties. Greatest duration
of dense fog expected across hill tops,
and near the eastern Great
Lake shorelines.
* WHEN...Until 7
AM EST Wednesday. Visibilities may improve
slightly
this afternoon and evening before
lowering again tonight.
*
IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to low visibility.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS
ACTIONS...
If
driving, slow down, use your headlights, and leave plenty of
distance ahead of
you.
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