NWS Buffalo NYMA.W 0105September 2, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Ripley to Dunkirk NY, Dunkirk to Buffalo NY and Ripley to Buffalo NY extending from 5NM off shoreline to US-Canadian border
The National Weather Service office in Buffalo issued a special marine warning for Ripley to Dunkirk NY, Dunkirk to Buffalo NY and Ripley to Buffalo NY extending from 5NM off shoreline to US-Canadian border, which was in force until 7:30 a.m. local time on September 2. It was the 105th special marine warning the NWS office in Buffalo issued in 2026.
ExpiredWarning
In force for 1.1 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Buffalo NY
- Area
- Ripley to Dunkirk NY, Dunkirk to Buffalo NY and Ripley to Buffalo NY extending from 5NM off shoreline to US-Canadian border
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 6:24 a.m. EDT, September 2, 2026
- Expires
- 7:30 a.m. EDT, September 2, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KBUF MA.W 0105
- 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 Erie from Ripley to Sunset Bay... * Until 730 AM EDT. * At 623 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 12 nm north of Ripley, or 21 nm west of Dunkirk, moving east at 30 knots. HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater and small hail. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. * Locations impacted include... Van Buren Point, Dunkirk, Barcelona, and Ripley.
What the agency told people to do
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.
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