Small Craft Advisory

NWS Lake Charles LA · US

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Small Craft Advisory Will Expire At 1 AM CDT Early This Morning

Event: Small Craft Advisory
Issued: 2026-09-18 05:59:00 UTC
Onset: 2026-09-18 05:59:00 UTC
Message expires: 2026-09-18 07:00:00 UTC
Expected end: 2026-09-18 06:00:00 UTC
Category: Meteorological
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Minor
Certainty: Likely
Response: Avoid

Description

Winds have decreased over coastal waters, and the Small Craft Advisory has been allowed to expire. However, winds will remain elevated and small craft should continue to exercise caution through Friday morning.

Affected areas

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 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: 2026-09-18 06:00:19 UTC
Issue to receipt: ~1m19s
CAP status: Actual
CAP message type: Alert
Lifecycle: New
Source: NWWS-OI
Feed: NWWS
Recovered: No

CAP routing and identity

ULID: 01M2SHKYKA1M7F45TR2XPR65VG
Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.1d1725d5ce1f4ec6572f9cc1fcce8e45dee7ac24.001.1
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.8356
WMO heading: XOUS54
WMO data type: CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO geography: United States (US)
WMO bulletin number: 54

References

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c77a75cf1ea22d0fc5ffd08b457f7b77d3c12fa0.002.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-17 23:47:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a62adcd83471b626060f2274977ae91cef71b62c.002.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-17 19:29:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.890017af6a4145679cc4898a54cc426e1aa6f781.002.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-17 03:46:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.bb0d32ea19c0849f284fca7a2aae415de6bfb752.001.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-16 17:59:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f0bcd7d77b53c5068af4fc96af91d56f2b247d67.001.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-17 03:42:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a0dd3d354208e6086cd956c50736e3061de69a5b.001.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-16 03:32:00 UTC

Event codes

Name	Value
SAME	NWS
NationalWeatherService	SCY

Parameters

Name	Value
AWIPSidentifier	MWWLCH
WMOidentifier	WHUS74 KLCH 180559
NWSheadline	SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING
BLOCKCHANNEL	EAS
BLOCKCHANNEL	NWEM
VTEC	/O.EXP.KLCH.SC.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-260918T0600Z/
eventEndingTime	2026-09-18T01:00:00-05:00
BLOCKCHANNEL	CMAS
expiredReferences	w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c77a75cf1ea22d0fc5ffd08b457f7b77d3c12fa0.002.1,2026-09-17T18:47:00-05:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a62adcd83471b626060f2274977ae91cef71b62c.002.1,2026-09-17T14:29:00-05:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.890017af6a4145679cc4898a54cc426e1aa6f781.002.1,2026-09-16T22:46:00-05:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.bb0d32ea19c0849f284fca7a2aae415de6bfb752.001.1,2026-09-16T12:59:00-05:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f0bcd7d77b53c5068af4fc96af91d56f2b247d67.001.1,2026-09-16T22:42:00-05:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a0dd3d354208e6086cd956c50736e3061de69a5b.001.1,2026-09-15T22:32:00-05:00

Locations

Location data

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 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	077452
SAME	077455
SAME	077472
SAME	077475
UGC	GMZ452
UGC	GMZ455
UGC	GMZ472
UGC	GMZ475