458  
WHUS56 KLOX 311631  
SMWLOX  
PZZ655-676-311830-  
/O.NEW.KLOX.MA.W.0037.240331T1631Z-240331T1830Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA  
931 AM PDT SUN MAR 31 2024  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OXNARD HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...  
THE INNER WATERS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PALOS VERDES TO THE EASTERN  
CHANNEL ISLANDS AND WESTWARD TO INCLUDE SAN NICOLAS ISLAND.  
 
* UNTIL 1130 AM PDT.  
 
* AT 927 AM PDT, THERE CONTINUED TO BE ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS  
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING  
NORTHEAST TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 KNOTS.  
 
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS, WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER, AND SMALL  
HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR.  
 
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY  
HAZARDOUS SEAS. SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY  
HIGHER WINDS AND SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
LOS ANGELES HARBOR...  
CATALINA ISLAND...  
DANA POINT...  
PORT OF LOS ANGELES...  
AVALON...  
TWO HARBORS...  
ALAMITOS BAY...  
SANTA BARBARA ISLAND...  
AND SAN NICOLAS ISLAND.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN WATERSPOUTS. WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY  
OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR  
IMMEDIATELY.  
 
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF CAUGHT ON THE  
OPEN WATER STAY BELOW DECK IF POSSIBLE, KEEP AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED  
METAL OBJECTS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3319 11963 3399 11957 3401 11954 3371 11830  
3375 11825 3371 11821 3375 11819 3375 11811  
3362 11794 3364 11788 3360 11790 3339 11760  
3301 11870  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1627Z 237DEG 16KT 3603 11710  
 
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE  
HAIL...<.75IN  
WIND...>34KTS  
 

 
 
RM/KL  
 
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