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MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
900 PM PDT FRI MAY 02 2003

...STRONG PACIFIC STORM EXPECTED TO BRING THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE
   WATERSPOUTS TO THE COASTAL WATERS...

A STRONG PACIFIC STORM...CENTERED AROUND 400 NM WEST OF POINT 
CONCEPTION...WILL BRING THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE COASTAL 
WATERS THROUGH SATURDAY. AT 8 PM...SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES A
SERIES OF FRONTAL BANDS MOVING THROUGH THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WATERS.
A COLD AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS BEHIND THIS SYSTEM WILL LINGER ACROSS
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA...KEEPING THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
THROUGH SATURDAY.

ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE 
GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. CONDITIONS WILL ALSO BE FAVORABLE FOR 
WATERSPOUTS...WHICH CAN ALWAYS COME ASHORE AS SMALL TORNADOES. 

IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS...THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING
GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS TO THE WATERS TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS COULD
LOCALLY EXCEED 35 KNOTS ACROSS THE OUTER WATERS THROUGH THIS EVENING.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY.

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RORKE