Small Craft Advisory
NWS Medford OR ยท US
Details
Small Craft Advisory Remains In Effect From 11 PM This Evening To 11 PM PDT Monday... ...Hazardous Seas Watch Remains In Effect From Monday Afternoon Through Monday Evening
- Event
- Small Craft Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
For the Small Craft Advisory, north winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and seas 5 to 9 ft at 5 to 6 seconds expected. For the Hazardous Seas Watch, north winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts up to 35 kt and very steep and hazardous seas 7 to 10 ft at 5 to 6 seconds possible.
Where
Small Craft Advisory for all of the area late this evening through Monday evening, except a Hazardous Seas Watch from Gold Beach to Pt. St. George during Monday afternoon and evening.
When
For the Small Craft Advisory, from 11 PM this evening to 11 PM PDT Monday. For the Hazardous Seas Watch, from Monday afternoon through Monday evening.
Impacts
Very steep and hazardous seas could capsize or damage vessels. Bar crossing could become especially hazardous. * View the hazard area in detail at https://go.usa.gov/x6hks
Instructions
Consider altering your plans to avoid possible hazardous and very steep sea conditions.
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
- ~43s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2XRJA8JBSFJ1XTQMJW20HZR
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.bfb48255d712809c166b6664b371804b5282de60.001.1
- 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.5805
- WMO heading
- XOUS56
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 56
References
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | SCY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | MWWMFR |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS76 KMFR 192118 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0076.260920T0600Z-260922T0600Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-21T23:00:00-07:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.30a5dfff992acd5378ddb6ebc64fbf329359f82c.001.1,2026-09-18T13:38:00-07:00 |
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 |