Small Craft Advisory
NWS Medford OR ยท US
Details
Small Craft Advisory Remains In Effect Until 11 PM PDT Monday... ...Hazardous Seas Warning In Effect From 2 PM To 11 PM PDT Monday
- 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 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and seas 5 to 8 ft at 14 seconds. For the Hazardous Seas Warning, very steep and hazardous seas 6 to 8 ft at 14 seconds expected.
Where
For the hazardous seas warning, areas south of Brookings beyond 10 nm of shore. For the Small Craft Advisory, all other areas.
When
For the Small Craft Advisory, until 11 PM PDT Monday. For the Hazardous Seas Warning, from 2 PM to 11 PM PDT Monday.
Impacts
Very steep and hazardous seas could capsize or damage vessels. Bar crossings will become especially treacherous. * View the hazard area in detail at https://go.usa.gov/x6hks
Instructions
Recreational boaters should remain in port. Commercial vessels should prepare for very steep seas and consider remaining in port until conditions improve.
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
- ~48s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M308GE7ZSB7Q1ERRV5TQSG4A
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.7883570618724f4f6d5fcde35e5efb518e3bd065.001.1
- 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.4264
- 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
- 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 202035 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT MONDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0076.000000T0000Z-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.bfb48255d712809c166b6664b371804b5282de60.001.1,2026-09-19T14:18:00-07:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.bf6f9a597a26e43ad71a9296dc1edb2770705429.002.1,2026-09-19T02:23:00-07:00 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 |