NWS Buffalo NYMA.W 0107September 2, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Lower Niagara River, Niagara River to Hamlin Beach NY and Niagara River to Hamlin Beach NY beyond 5NM off shoreline to US-Canadian border
The National Weather Service office in Buffalo issued a special marine warning for Lower Niagara River, Niagara River to Hamlin Beach NY and Niagara River to Hamlin Beach NY beyond 5NM off shoreline to US-Canadian border, which was in force until 8:15 a.m. local time on September 2. It was the 107th special marine warning the NWS office in Buffalo issued in 2026.
ExpiredWarning
In force for 1.5 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Buffalo NY
- Area
- Lower Niagara River, Niagara River to Hamlin Beach NY and Niagara River to Hamlin Beach NY beyond 5NM off shoreline to US-Canadian border
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 6:46 a.m. EDT, September 2, 2026
- Expires
- 8:15 a.m. EDT, September 2, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KBUF MA.W 0107
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
SMWBUF The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Lake Ontario from Youngstown to Sunset Beach... The Lower Niagara River... * Until 815 AM EDT. * At 646 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 23 nm north of Fort Niagara, or 23 nm north of Niagara River, moving southeast at 40 knots. HAZARD...Wind gusts to 40 knots. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. * Locations impacted include... Wilson, Fort Niagara, Thirty Mile Point, and Olcott.
What the agency told people to do
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.
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