Small Craft Advisory
NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC ยท US
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Details
Small Craft Advisory In Effect Until 2 AM EDT Sunday
- Event
- Small Craft Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Southeast winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt.
Where
Chesapeake Bay from Pooles Island MD to Drum Point MD, Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor, Chester River to Queenstown MD, Eastern Bay, Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River, and Patuxent River to Broomes Island MD.
When
Until 2 AM EDT Sunday.
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
- Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor
- Chester River to Queenstown MD
- Eastern Bay
- Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River
- Patuxent River to Broomes Island MD
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~29s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2Y25G8QTW05Z1QW7XVR000B
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8ddffbb9f238357461e18888de8b605b08d67304.001.1
- 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.113
- WMO heading
- XOUS51
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 51
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | SCY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | MWWLWX |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS71 KLWX 200006 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT SUNDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.EXB.KLWX.SC.Y.0146.000000T0000Z-260920T0600Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-20T02:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
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
- Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor
- Chester River to Queenstown MD
- Eastern Bay
- Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River
- Patuxent River to Broomes Island MD
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 073531 |
| SAME | 073532 |
| SAME | 073533 |
| SAME | 073538 |
| SAME | 073539 |
| SAME | 073540 |
| SAME | 073541 |
| SAME | 073542 |
| UGC | ANZ531 |
| UGC | ANZ532 |
| UGC | ANZ533 |
| UGC | ANZ538 |
| UGC | ANZ539 |
| UGC | ANZ540 |
| UGC | ANZ541 |
| UGC | ANZ542 |