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Special Marine Warning

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Geneva-on-the-Lake to Conneaut OH; Conneaut OH to Ripley NY; Geneva-on-the-Lake to Conneaut OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US-Canadian border; Conneaut OH to Ripley NY beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US-Canadian border

Status In Progress Started about 2 hours ago
Ends
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Severity Severe
Urgency Immediate
Certainty Likely

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SMWCLE
The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a
* Special Marine Warning for... Nearshore and Open waters from Geneva-on-the-lake OH to Ripley NY...
* Until 500 PM EDT.
* At 256 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 28 nm northwest of Geneva-On-The-Lake to 16 nm north of Fairport Harbor to 10 nm north of Willowick, moving east at 50 knots.
HAZARD...Wind gusts in excess of 50 knots.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Boats could suffer significant structural damage in high winds. Small craft could capsize in suddenly higher waves.
* Locations impacted include... Erie, Geneva-On-The-Lake, Conneaut, and Ashtabula.
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