Small Craft Advisory
NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC ยท US
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Details
Small Craft Advisory Remains In Effect Until 10 AM EDT Saturday
- Event
- Small Craft Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Northeast winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt expected.
Where
Chesapeake Bay from Pooles Island MD to Drum Point MD, Chester River to Queenstown MD, Eastern Bay, and Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River.
When
From 10 PM this evening to 10 AM EDT Saturday.
Impacts
Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
Instructions
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
Affected areas
- Chesapeake Bay from Pooles Island to Sandy Point MD
- Chesapeake Bay from Sandy Point to North Beach MD
- Chesapeake Bay from North Beach to Drum Point MD
- Chester River to Queenstown MD
- Eastern Bay
- Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m15s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2VKPPBD349X197A5ASHGW95
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.0dba24ba7909695969428a0fdcbe88f250df70b7.002.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC
- AWIPS ID
- CAPLWX
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.2036
- WMO heading
- XOUS51
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 51
References
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | SCY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | MWWLWX |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS71 KLWX 190114 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT SATURDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KLWX.SC.Y.0145.260919T0200Z-260919T1400Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-19T10:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d73fc2fb96e515db0e403596e7213e69da0fbe35.002.1,2026-09-18T12:35:00-04:00 |
Locations
Location data
- Chesapeake Bay from Pooles Island to Sandy Point MD
- Chesapeake Bay from Sandy Point to North Beach MD
- Chesapeake Bay from North Beach to Drum Point MD
- Chester River to Queenstown MD
- Eastern Bay
- Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 073531 |
| SAME | 073532 |
| SAME | 073533 |
| SAME | 073539 |
| SAME | 073540 |
| SAME | 073541 |
| UGC | ANZ531 |
| UGC | ANZ532 |
| UGC | ANZ533 |
| UGC | ANZ539 |
| UGC | ANZ540 |
| UGC | ANZ541 |