Small Craft Advisory
NWS Medford OR ยท US
Details
Hazardous Seas Warning Remains In Effect Until 11 PM PDT This Evening... ...Small Craft Advisory Remains In Effect Until 11 PM PDT Wednesday
- Event
- Small Craft Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Gusty north winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 35 kt and steep seas 6 to 8 ft. North winds increase some on Tuesday, 20 to 30 kt with gusts to 35 kt and isolated areas of gusts to 40 kt possible. Seas become steep to very steep, 7 to 10 ft at 8 seconds.
Where
All areas. Very steep seas are expected within 5 to 30 nm from shore from Gold Beach southward.
When
For the Small Craft Advisory, until 11 PM PDT Wednesday. For the Hazardous Seas Warning, from 11 AM this morning to 11 PM PDT this evening.
Impacts
Very steep and hazardous seas could capsize or damage vessels. Bar crossings will become especially treacherous. * View the hazard area in detail at https://go.usa.gov/x6hks
Instructions
Recreational boaters should remain in port. Commercial vessels should prepare for very steep seas and consider remaining in port until conditions improve.
Affected areas
- Coastal waters from Cape Blanco OR to Pt. St. George CA out 10 nm
- Waters from Cape Blanco OR to Pt. St. George CA from 10 to 60 nm
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Medford OR
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~48s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2KCBBKQTNQ0G4TJMGM57NTB
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f76646dc1f3bf04c0720eb599f1d45ed1d38903f.001.2
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Medford OR
- AWIPS ID
- CAPMFR
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.4080
- WMO heading
- XOUS56
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 56
References
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.4e7984d83554243f38b2e98e82b5ab43293a15f9.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.7f53e50aca562065b4cc8c456c59f1ebc9926c30.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.2a7a30db7cd8af912872b8f458b02649bf63b16f.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.376b748663a7ce5ffce5c6efd9e34918963afc5d.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.2466c352e15f740f04c79c9bba54806db4ddf385.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | SCY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | MWWMFR |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS76 KMFR 152032 |
| NWSheadline | HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT WEDNESDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0075.000000T0000Z-260917T0600Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-16T23:00:00-07:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.7f53e50aca562065b4cc8c456c59f1ebc9926c30.001.1,2026-09-14T12:47:00-07:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.2a7a30db7cd8af912872b8f458b02649bf63b16f.001.1,2026-09-13T20:32:00-07:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.376b748663a7ce5ffce5c6efd9e34918963afc5d.001.1,2026-09-13T10:46:00-07:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.2466c352e15f740f04c79c9bba54806db4ddf385.001.1,2026-09-13T02:09:00-07:00 |
Locations
Location data
- Coastal waters from Cape Blanco OR to Pt. St. George CA out 10 nm
- Waters from Cape Blanco OR to Pt. St. George CA from 10 to 60 nm
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 057356 |
| SAME | 057376 |
| UGC | PZZ356 |
| UGC | PZZ376 |