FZUS71 KBUF 242025
MWSBUF
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
425 PM EDT SUN AUG 24 2008
LEZ020-041-061-242145-
425 PM EDT SUN AUG 24 2008
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM GRAND ISLAND TO EAST CENTRAL 
LAKE ERIE...
AT 419 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AROUND KNOTS FROM NEAR GRAND 
ISLAND TO EAST CENTRAL LAKE ERIE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 
22 KNOTS. THEY WILL AFFECT THE UPPER NIAGARA RIVER AND BUFFALO 
HARBOR ALONG WITH THE EAST SHORE OF LAKE ERIE AS FAR SOUTH AS AT 
LEAST DUNKIRK.
MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS AROUND 30 KNOTS...LOCALLY HIGHER 
WAVES...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR 
IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THE STORMS PASS.
IF CAUGHT ON THE OPEN WATER STAY BELOW DECK IF POSSIBLE...KEEP AWAY 
FROM UNGROUNDED METAL OBJECTS.
LAT...LON 4252 7931 4271 7929 4281 7899 4286 7894
      4293 7892 4296 7897 4303 7890 4305 7894
      4305 7900 4307 7902 4308 7897 4307 7891
      4303 7887 4297 7892 4279 7884 4270 7902
      4259 7912
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