Special Marine Warning
Issued by NWS Buffalo, NY

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
132 AM EDT Sat Jul 12 2025

The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for...
  Lake Erie from Ripley to Buffalo...

* Until 300 AM EDT.

* At 132 AM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 30 nm northwest of Van Buren Point to 19 nm
  northwest of Ripley to 11 nm southwest of Erie, moving east at 35
  knots.

  HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and
           suddenly higher waves.

* Locations impacted include...
  Small Boat Harbor, Van Buren Point, Lake Erie Beach, Barcelona,
  Woodlawn Beach, Erie Basin Marina, Sturgeon Point, Ripley, Wanakah,
  Dunkirk, Athol Springs, Bayview, and Sunset Bay.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to safe harbor immediately as gusty winds and high waves are
expected.

&&

LAT...LON 4228 7973 4234 7982 4248 7985 4283 7894
      4290 7891 4289 7885 4285 7880 4275 7882
      4268 7894 4266 7901 4252 7912 4246 7932
      4238 7943 4228 7963
TIME...MOT...LOC 0532Z 257DEG 34KT 4277 7998 4257 7995 4234 8006 4203
8031

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

$$

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