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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
426 PM EDT Sun Aug 23 2026

The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for...
  Lake Erie from Ripley to Silver Creek...

* Until 530 PM EDT.

* At 425 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing
  waterspouts was located 7 nm west of Van Buren Point, or 10 nm west
  of Dunkirk, moving east at 25 knots.

  HAZARD...Waterspouts and wind gusts 34 knots or greater.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Waterspouts can easily overturn boats and create locally 
           hazardous seas. Small craft could be damaged in briefly 
           higher winds and suddenly higher waves.

* Locations impacted include...
  Van Buren Point, Dunkirk, Barcelona, and Ripley.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.

Thunderstorms can produce sudden waterspouts. Waterspouts can easily
overturn boats and create locally hazardous seas. Seek safe harbor
immediately.

&&

LAT...LON 4228 7973 4234 7982 4241 7983 4263 7936
      4252 7916 4246 7932 4243 7938 4238 7943
      4228 7963
TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 285DEG 25KT 4247 7958 

WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS

$$

Reynolds