NWS Buffalo NYMA.W 0113September 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 9:00 p.m. local time on September 2. It was the 113th special marine warning the NWS office in Buffalo issued in 2026.
ExpiredWarning
In force for 1.9 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
- 7:04 p.m. EDT, September 2, 2026
- Expires
- 9:00 p.m. EDT, September 2, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KBUF MA.W 0113
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
NWS notices, September 2026The latest from the National Weather Service
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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 Lake Erie Beach to Ripley... * Until 900 PM EDT. * At 703 PM EDT, a gust front was located near Dunkirk, moving southeast at 45 knots. Additional showers and thunderstorms are expected within the next two hours. 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... Van Buren Point, Lake Erie Beach, Dunkirk, Barcelona, Ripley, and Sunset Bay.
What the agency told people to do
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM EDT for western New York...and the adjacent waters of Lake Erie.
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