FZUS72 KMHX 120435 MWSMHX MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1135 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012 AMZ152-120530- 1135 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF HATTERAS... AT 1130 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS UP TO 33 KNOTS...FROM 6 NM EAST OF OREGON INLET TO 4 NM SOUTHEAST OF CAPE HATTERAS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 KNOTS. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER... COASTAL WATERS FROM OREGON INLET TO CAPE HATTERAS NC OUT 20 NM THROUGH MIDNIGHT. 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 3546 7515 3528 7516 3521 7547 3576 7544 3577 7543 3576 7516 3573 7514 3567 7514 3566 7513 3547 7513 $$