Small Craft Advisory

NWS New Orleans LA · US

Updated

This event was updated at 2026-09-18 05:58:00 UTC.

Details

East winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and seas of 2 to 4 ft in protected waters and 6 to 9 ft in open waters expected.

All coastal sounds, bays, tidal lakes, and open Gulf waters.

From 7 AM Wednesday to 4 PM CDT Thursday.

Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.

Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.

Lake Maurepas
Lake Pontchartrain
Mississippi Sound
Lake Salvador and Lake Cataouatche
Lake Borgne
Breton Sound
Chandeleur Sound
Terrebonne Bay
Barataria Bay
Coastal Waters from Port Fourchon LA to Lower Atchafalaya River LA out 20 nm
Coastal waters from the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River to Port Fourchon Louisiana out 20 NM
Coastal Waters from Boothville LA to Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River out 20 nm
Coastal waters from Pascagoula Mississippi to Stake Island out 20 NM
Coastal waters from Port Fourchon Louisiana to Lower Atchafalaya River LA from 20 to 60 NM
Coastal waters from Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River to Port Fourchon Louisiana from 20 to 60 NM
Coastal Waters from Stake Island LA to Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River from 20 to 60 nm
Coastal waters from Pascagoula Mississippi to Stake Island Louisiana out 20 to 60 NM

CAP routing and identity

ULID: 01M2K2J319RKZAJ9SP4W83FHJ7
Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ba8408ca3faa6270accb935ca6b4a6ed54eebe43.001.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Scope: Public
CAP source: 211803 v2.3.0
Handling codes: IPAWSv1.0
Issuing office: NWS New Orleans LA
AWIPS ID: CAPLIX
NWWS sequence: nwws_processor.7826
WMO heading: XOUS54
WMO data type: CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO geography: United States (US)
WMO bulletin number: 54

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.81a2763fd113c6bea3ad2ae548b3478f3306a233.001.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-15 03:43:00 UTC

Name	Value
SAME	NWS
NationalWeatherService	SCY

Name	Value
AWIPSidentifier	MWWLIX
WMOidentifier	WHUS74 KLIX 151741
NWSheadline	SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 PM CDT THURSDAY
BLOCKCHANNEL	EAS
BLOCKCHANNEL	NWEM
VTEC	/O.EXT.KLIX.SC.Y.0029.260916T1200Z-260917T2100Z/
eventEndingTime	2026-09-17T16:00:00-05:00
BLOCKCHANNEL	CMAS

Locations

Lake Maurepas
Lake Pontchartrain
Mississippi Sound
Lake Salvador and Lake Cataouatche
Lake Borgne
Breton Sound
Chandeleur Sound
Terrebonne Bay
Barataria Bay
Coastal Waters from Port Fourchon LA to Lower Atchafalaya River LA out 20 nm
Coastal waters from the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River to Port Fourchon Louisiana out 20 NM
Coastal Waters from Boothville LA to Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River out 20 nm
Coastal waters from Pascagoula Mississippi to Stake Island out 20 NM
Coastal waters from Port Fourchon Louisiana to Lower Atchafalaya River LA from 20 to 60 NM
Coastal waters from Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River to Port Fourchon Louisiana from 20 to 60 NM
Coastal Waters from Stake Island LA to Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River from 20 to 60 nm
Coastal waters from Pascagoula Mississippi to Stake Island Louisiana out 20 to 60 NM