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Snow Squall Warning, New York

Severe

Intense bursts of heavy snow, gusts up to 35 mph. Travel will become difficult and potentially dangerous within minutes.

Ended Sunday, January 11, 2026.

Issued
Expires
Updated

Places in this warning

How much

Wind gusts
Up to 35 mph Blowing snow on open roads

Map

Map of New York with this warning The Snow Squall Warning covers Albany, Schenectady, Troy. The weather service drew the area; it is moving east at 29 mph. Moving east at 29 mphI-90I-87I-88AlbanySchenectadyRotterdamVERMONTNEW YORKMASSACHUSETTS10 mi I-90I-87I-88AlbanySchenectadyTroyVERMONTNEW YORKMASSACHUSETTS20 mi I-90I-87I-88AlbanySchenectadyNEW YORK20 mi I-90I-87AlbanySchenectadyNEW YORK20 mi
  • This warning
  • Area drawn by the weather service
  • Interstates
  • US highways
  • Moving east at 29 mph
Alert area: National Weather Service. Borders and highways: U.S. Census Bureau. Lakes, rivers and other countries: Natural Earth. Open this area in OpenStreetMap

Details from the National Weather Service

What
Intense bursts of heavy snow. Gusty winds leading to blowing snow and visibility rapidly falling to less than one-quarter mile. Wind gusts up to 35 mph.
Squall now
At 3:56 in the afternoon, a dangerous snow squall was located along a line extending from near Round Lake to near Rotterdam to Schoharie, moving east at 30 mph.
Impacts
Travel will become difficult and potentially dangerous within minutes.
Highways
Interstate 88 between exits 20 and 25. Interstate 90 between exits 8 and 26. Interstate 890 between exits 1a and 9. Interstate 87 between exits 23 and 7, and between exits 8A and 13N. Interstate 787 between exits 1 and 9.
Places named
Albany, Schenectady, Troy, Clifton Park, Rotterdam, Saratoga Springs, Cohoes, Watervliet, Rensselaer, Colonie, Scotia, Mechanicville, Cobleskill, Delmar, Latham, Jefferson, Guilderland, Niskayuna, Duanesburg, and Ballston Spa.
Seen by
Radar and webcams.

Updates

  1. Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. January 11, 2026
  2. Snow Squall Warning issued until Sunday, 4:15 in the afternoon. January 11, 2026