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Special Marine Warning
ExpiredRipley to Dunkirk NY; Dunkirk to Buffalo NY; Ripley to Buffalo NY extending from 5NM off shoreline to US-Canadian border
Status
Ended
Started about 1 hour ago
Ends
expired
Issued
Severity
Severe
Urgency
Immediate
Certainty
Likely
Details
SMWBUF
The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a
* Special Marine Warning for... Lake Erie from Ripley to Sunset Bay...
* Until 730 AM EDT.
* At 623 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 12 nm north of Ripley, or 21 nm west of Dunkirk, moving east at 30 knots.
HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater and small hail.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves.
* Locations impacted include... Van Buren Point, Dunkirk, Barcelona, and Ripley.
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