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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
716 PM EDT WED APR 15 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
THE UPPER AND LOWER NIAGARA RIVER AND BUFFALO HARBOR...
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT.
* AT 715 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 10 NM WEST OF LEWISTON TO 21 NM SOUTHWEST OF GRAND
ISLAND TO 15 NM NORTHWEST OF LAKE ERIE BEACH TO 11 NM NORTHWEST OF
SUNSET BAY, MOVING EAST AT 45 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS AND LARGE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES. LARGE HAIL COULD RESULT IN
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
YOUNGSTOWN, GRAND ISLAND, AND LEWISTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. IF CAUGHT ON THE
OPEN WATER STAY BELOW DECK IF POSSIBLE, KEEP AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED
METAL OBJECTS.
LAT...LON 4308 7907 4312 7907 4314 7904 4326 7906
4324 7900 4311 7901 4304 7883 4300 7884
4298 7888 4294 7886 4292 7887 4291 7891
4296 7893 4296 7896 4299 7902 4302 7902
4306 7900
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 258DEG 44KT 4311 7927 4287 7940 4281 7935 4267
7936
HAIL...>.75IN
WIND...40KTS
LUPO
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