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 NNNN