# Special Marine Warning: Dunkirk to Buffalo NY; Ripley to Buffalo NY extending from 5NM off shoreline to US-Canadian border — retained record

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-08-24 02:23 ingested 2026-08-24 06:52

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Special Marine Warning — Dunkirk to Buffalo NY; Ripley to Buffalo NY extending from 5NM off shoreline to US-Canadian border
Severity: Severe. Certainty: Likely.
For the following areas...
Lake Erie from Silver Creek to Buffalo...

At 222 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing waterspouts
was located near Wanakah, or 22 nm northeast of Dunkirk, moving
northeast at 15 knots.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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.

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The historical document was shared with another weather alert and cannot be attributed to this record. The original extract is preserved above; the exact alert link was not retained.