Small Craft Advisory
NWS Lake Charles LA ยท US
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Details
Small Craft Advisory In Effect From 1 PM Wednesday To 7 PM CDT Thursday
- Event
- Small Craft Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
East winds around 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt expected.
Where
Portions of the Gulf of America.
When
From 1 PM Wednesday to 7 PM CDT Thursday.
Impacts
Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
Instructions
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
Affected areas
- Coastal waters from Cameron LA to High Island TX out 20 NM
- Coastal waters from Intracoastal City to Cameron LA out 20 NM
- Coastal waters from Lower Atchafalaya River to Intracoastal City LA out 20 NM
- Waters from Cameron LA to High Island TX from 20 to 60 NM
- Waters from Intracoastal City to Cameron LA from 20 to 60 NM
- Waters from Lower Atchafalaya River to Intracoastal City LA from 20 to 60 NM
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Lake Charles LA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~56s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2M4CM92KFCR962SQ8WXV0KG
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a0dd3d354208e6086cd956c50736e3061de69a5b.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Lake Charles LA
- AWIPS ID
- CAPLCH
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.5188
- WMO heading
- XOUS54
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 54
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | SCY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | MWWLCH |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS74 KLCH 160332 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM WEDNESDAY TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KLCH.SC.Y.0028.260916T1800Z-260918T0000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-17T19:00:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Coastal waters from Cameron LA to High Island TX out 20 NM
- Coastal waters from Intracoastal City to Cameron LA out 20 NM
- Coastal waters from Lower Atchafalaya River to Intracoastal City LA out 20 NM
- Waters from Cameron LA to High Island TX from 20 to 60 NM
- Waters from Intracoastal City to Cameron LA from 20 to 60 NM
- Waters from Lower Atchafalaya River to Intracoastal City LA from 20 to 60 NM
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 077450 |
| SAME | 077452 |
| SAME | 077455 |
| SAME | 077470 |
| SAME | 077472 |
| SAME | 077475 |
| UGC | GMZ450 |
| UGC | GMZ452 |
| UGC | GMZ455 |
| UGC | GMZ470 |
| UGC | GMZ472 |
| UGC | GMZ475 |