846 FZUS72 KMHX 250019 MWSMHX MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 719 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012 AMZ158-170-250100- 719 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...GUSTY THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WATERS... AT 713 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS UP TO 33 KNOTS... 6 NM NORTHWEST OF AR355...OR ABOUT 7 NM SOUTHWEST OF NEW RIVER INLET... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 KNOTS. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... OVER AR3402 NM NORTH OF AR3453 NM SOUTH OF AR342 AT 730 PM EST... MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS UP TO 33 KNOTS...LOCALLY HIGHER WAVES...AND LIGHTNING STRIKES. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES. LAT...LON 3435 7735 3451 7743 3471 7689 3463 7661 3438 7631 3427 7648 $$ 29  361 FZUS72 KCHS 250025 MWSCHS MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 725 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012 AMZ370-374-250035- /O.EXP.KCHS.MA.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120225T0030Z/ 725 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EXPIRES AT 730 PM EST FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS... WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM... WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC TO SAVANNAH GA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 40 NM... AT 725 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE SPECIAL MARINE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 3124 8094 3188 8054 3194 8048 3197 8040 3192 7990 3184 7996 3171 8014 3158 7987 3146 7995 3142 8003 3112 8027 TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 307DEG 59KT 3137 7970 3096 8008 $$  008 FZUS71 KAKQ 250037 MWSAKQ MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 737 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012 ANZ631-632-634-250045- /O.CON.KAKQ.MA.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120225T0045Z/ 737 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EST... FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS... CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM WINDMILL POINT TO NEW POINT COMFORT VA... TO LITTLE CREEK VA... CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM LITTLE CREEK VA TO CAPE HENRY VA INCLUDING THE CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE TUNNEL... INCLUDING BLUEFISH ROCK...BUOY 36A...CABBAGE PATCH...CAPE CHARLES HARBOR...CHERRYSTONE REEF...KIPTOPEKE CONCRETE SHIPS...LATIMER SHOAL...LITTLE CREEK...MOBJACK BAY...NEW POINT COMFORT...PLANTATION LIGHT...POQUOSON...THE CELL...THE HUMP...TUE MARSHES LIGHT...WOLF TRAP...YORK SPIT REEF...4TH ISLAND BAY BRIDGE AND 1ST ISLAND BAY BRIDGE... AT 734 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER 35 NM NORTHEAST OF THE CELL...OR ABOUT 9 NM NORTHEAST OF WACHAPREAGUE REEF...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 KNOTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST MARYLAND AND NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA. && LAT...LON 3735 7643 3739 7637 3735 7631 3747 7627 3748 7595 3752 7590 3726 7602 3712 7597 3709 7600 3708 7594 3694 7601 3691 7608 3687 7605 3685 7613 3692 7612 3695 7639 3709 7627 3717 7636 3715 7642 3729 7639 TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 247DEG 50KT 3771 7540 $$ SCALORA  651 FZUS72 KMHX 250103 MWSMHX MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 803 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012 AMZ152-154-250130- 803 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OFF OCRACOKE... AT 800 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS UP TO 33 KNOTS... 15 NM SOUTHWEST OF CAPE HATTERAS...OR ABOUT 8 NM SOUTH OF HATTERAS INLET... MOVING EAST AT 45 KNOTS. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... 6 NM SOUTH OF CAPE HATTERAS AT 810 PM EST... 4 NM NORTH OF MONITOR MARINE SANCTUARY AT 815 PM EST... OVER DIAMOND SHOALS AT 820 PM EST... MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS UP TO 33 KNOTS...LOCALLY HIGHER WAVES...AND LIGHTNING STRIKES. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES. LAT...LON 3531 7536 3513 7525 3494 7540 3494 7576 3507 7594 $$ 29  988 FZUS71 KBOX 250148 MWSBOX MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 848 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012 ANZ255-272-273-250245- 848 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WATERS... AT 844 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS UP TO 33 KNOTS... OVER EXTREME NORTHEASTERN WATERS FROM MONTAUK POINT NY TO SANDY HOOK NJ FROM 20 TO 40 NM...OR ABOUT 26 NM SOUTH OF THE COASTAL WATERS SOUTHEAST OF BLOCK ISLAND...MOVING EAST AT 75 KNOTS. BOATERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS UP TO 33 KNOTS...ROUGH WAVES...HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES. LAT...LON 4072 7158 4073 7158 4093 7083 4093 7063 4098 7062 4118 6987 4081 6941 4072 6948 4064 6960 4057 6985 4057 7020 4061 7046 4058 7087 4047 7140 $$ SIPPRELL  840 FZUS76 KLOX 250441 MWSLOX MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 841 PM PST FRI FEB 24 2012 PZZ650-655-670-673-676-251300- EAST SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL FROM PT. CONCEPTION TO PT. MUGU INCLUDING SANTA CRUZ AND ANACAPA ISLANDS- INNER WATERS FROM POINT MUGU TO SAN MATEO PT. CA INCLUDING SANTA CATALINA AND SANTA BARBARA ISLANDS- WATERS FROM PT. PIEDRAS BLANCAS TO PT. ARGUELLO AND WESTWARD 60 NM- WATERS FROM PT. ARGUELLO TO SANTA CRUZ ISLAND CA AND WESTWARD 60 NM INCLUDING SAN MIGUEL AND SANTA ROSA ISLANDS- OUTER WATERS FROM SANTA CRUZ ISLAND TO SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND TO 60 NM OFFSHORE INCLUDING SAN NICOLAS ISLAND- 841 PM PST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...GALE FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE FOR THE ADJACENT SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATERS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN AND POSSIBLY EXCEED GALE FORCE STRENGTH BETWEEN LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS MAY STRENGTHEN NORTH OF POINT CONCEPTION LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND OVER SPREAD THE ENTIRE COASTAL WATERS ON MONDAY. THE DEVELOPING STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY GENERATE VERY STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS NEAR SHORE MONDAY. A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA NEXT WEEK MONDAY WHILE A SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE SHIFTS SOUTH OF THE AREA AND A SURFACE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS ANCHORED OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC. A GALE WATCH MAY BE ISSUED WHEN THE TIMING OF THE HAZARDOUS WIND CONDITIONS BECOMES CERTAIN. BEFORE SETTING OFF AND WHILE UNDERWAY ALWAYS LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WARNINGS AND FORECASTS. $$ HALL