Small Craft Advisory
NWS Detroit/Pontiac MI ยท US
Updated
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Details
Small Craft Advisory Remains In Effect Until 4 PM EDT This Afternoon
- Event
- Small Craft Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Expect sustained winds up to 17 knots from the northeast with gusts up to 20 knots. The largest significant waves will be 4 feet with a potential maximum wave height of 5 feet.
Where
Outer Saginaw Bay SW of Alabaster to Port Austin MI to Inner Saginaw Bay and Port Austin to Harbor Beach MI.
When
The maximum winds are expected around 6 AM EDT Friday with the largest waves expected around 7 AM EDT Friday.
Impacts
Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
Instructions
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
Affected areas
- Outer Saginaw Bay SW of Alabaster to Port Austin MI to Inner Saginaw Bay
- Port Austin to Harbor Beach MI
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Detroit/Pontiac MI
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~32s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2SQJRT0MTMVD0M25D23K5XF
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c37d164ae6e2fa15de3c1a89d3801aad73bf6dc1.002.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Detroit/Pontiac MI
- AWIPS ID
- CAPDTX
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.3157
- WMO heading
- XOUS53
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 53
References
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | SCY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | MWWDTX |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS73 KDTX 180744 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KDTX.SC.Y.0055.260918T1000Z-260918T2000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-18T16:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Outer Saginaw Bay SW of Alabaster to Port Austin MI to Inner Saginaw Bay
- Port Austin to Harbor Beach MI
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 093421 |
| SAME | 093441 |
| UGC | LHZ421 |
| UGC | LHZ441 |