Small Craft Advisory
NWS Buffalo NY ยท US
Updated
Details
Small Craft Advisory Now In Effect Until 2 PM EDT This Afternoon
- 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 20 knots and waves 3 to 6 feet.
Where
The nearshore waters of Lake Ontario from Sodus Bay to Mexico Bay.
When
Until 2 PM EDT this afternoon.
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
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Buffalo NY
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~33s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M31F5RV7FP8PMW2EV3PQQ8AQ
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.6dc47f1a9b10015a172925506c96dc467b059776.001.1
- 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.3306
- 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
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | SCY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | MWWBUF |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS71 KBUF 210751 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KBUF.SC.Y.0068.000000T0000Z-260921T1800Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-21T14:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d53821aaddac7c3fa6da7a14259debbd516df4ce.003.1,2026-09-20T12:14:00-04:00 |
Locations
Location data
- Sodus Bay to Mexico Bay NY
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 097044 |
| UGC | LOZ044 |