Small Craft Advisory
NWS Buffalo NY ยท US
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Details
Small Craft Advisory In Effect From Midnight Tonight To 8 PM EDT Monday
- Event
- Small Craft Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Northeast winds 15 to 25 knots and waves 3 to 6 feet expected.
Where
The nearshore waters of Lake Ontario from Sodus Bay to the Saint Lawrence River.
When
From midnight tonight to 8 PM EDT Monday.
Impacts
Winds and/or waves will cause hazardous conditions that could capsize or damage small craft.
Instructions
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
Affected areas
- Sodus Bay to Mexico Bay NY
- Mexico Bay NY to the St. Lawrence River
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Buffalo NY
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~45s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2ZSJEG9K6HX64VSQDNFAKDY
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d53821aaddac7c3fa6da7a14259debbd516df4ce.003.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Buffalo NY
- AWIPS ID
- CAPBUF
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.6071
- 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 | MWWBUF |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS71 KBUF 201614 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 PM EDT MONDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KBUF.SC.Y.0068.260921T0400Z-260922T0000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-21T20:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Sodus Bay to Mexico Bay NY
- Mexico Bay NY to the St. Lawrence River
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 097044 |
| SAME | 097045 |
| UGC | LOZ044 |
| UGC | LOZ045 |