BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1000 AM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO NY HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
  LAKE ERIE FROM RIPLEY TO BUFFALO
  BUFFALO HARBOR AND UPPER NIAGARA RIVER

* EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1200 PM EDT

* AT 955 AM EDT ...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM THE NIAGARA RIVER
  ACROSS THE NIAGARA PENINSULA TO NEAR ERIE PENNSYLVANIA...MOVING
  EAST NORTHEAST AT 65 KNOTS

BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY. IF POSSIBLE...REMAIN
BELOW DECK TO AVOID THE THREAT OF LIGHTNING. STRONG...GUSTY WINDS AND
HIGH WAVES MAY QUICKLY CAPSIZE YOUR CRAFT. BOATS IN PORT ARE ADVISED
NOT TO VENTURE OUT UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

LEVAN


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