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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
148 AM EDT Mon Aug 24 2026

The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a

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

* Until 315 AM EDT.

* At 147 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing
  waterspouts was located over Wanakah, or 24 nm northeast of
  Dunkirk, moving east at 35 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...
  Small Boat Harbor, Lake Erie Beach, Wanakah, Woodlawn Beach, Erie
  Basin Marina, Sturgeon Point, Athol Springs, Bayview, and Sunset
  Bay.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4268 7932 4283 7894 4291 7891 4292 7890
      4293 7886 4289 7885 4285 7880 4278 7880
      4275 7882 4268 7894 4267 7901 4263 7902
      4259 7907 4256 7910 4250 7925
TIME...MOT...LOC 0547Z 249DEG 34KT 4277 7896 

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

$$

Thomas