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Special Marine Warning
Issued: 10:00 PM Aug. 2, 2026 – National Weather Service
The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Lake Erie from Ripley to Dunkirk... * Until 800 PM EDT. * At 559 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms capable of producing waterspouts were located along a line extending from 20 nm northwest of Ripley to 8 nm southwest of Erie, moving northeast at 25 knots. HAZARD...Waterspouts and wind gusts to 40 knots. SOURCE...Radar. 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... Van Buren Point, Barcelona, Ripley, and Dunkirk. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes. Thunderstorms can produce sudden waterspouts. Waterspouts can easily overturn boats and create locally hazardous seas. Seek safe harbor immediately. && WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE; HAIL...0.00IN; WIND...40KTS
Flood Watch
Issued: 5:38 PM Aug. 2, 2026 – National Weather Service
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. * WHERE...Portions of central and western New York, including the following counties, in central New York, Jefferson, Lewis, Northern Cayuga and Oswego. In western New York, Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Northern Erie, Ontario, Orleans, Southern Erie, Wayne and Wyoming. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Additional heavy showers and thunderstorms are expected through tonight. Locally heavy rainfall is possible with rainfall rates near, or exceeding 2 inches per hour at times. Repeated rounds of heavy rain over any given location could result in flash flooding. - Http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued. &&
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