Small Craft Advisory
NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC ยท US
Updated
Details
Small Craft Advisory Remains In Effect Until Noon EDT Today... ...Small Craft Advisory Remains In Effect From 8 PM This Evening To 6 AM EDT Wednesday
- Event
- Small Craft Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
For the first Small Craft Advisory, northeast winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. For the second Small Craft Advisory, northeast winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and waves 2 to 4 ft expected.
Where
Chesapeake Bay from Pooles Island MD to North Beach MD, Chester River to Queenstown MD, and Eastern Bay.
When
For the first Small Craft Advisory, until noon EDT today. For the second Small Craft Advisory, from 8 PM this evening to 6 AM EDT Wednesday.
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
- Chester River to Queenstown MD
- Eastern Bay
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m6s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M320TR1YX3G3FTPGMJEQQRWJ
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.4c6608030f974cf339fafa8bd77cca3c4c978a34.003.2
- 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.1331
- 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 | MWWLWX |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS71 KLWX 211259 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KLWX.SC.Y.0148.260922T0000Z-260923T1000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-23T06:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.bc45dcaf1264981bd95a35d1628fd8ec366bb2d4.001.2,2026-09-21T00:10:00-04:00 |
Locations
Location data
- Chesapeake Bay from Pooles Island to Sandy Point MD
- Chesapeake Bay from Sandy Point to North Beach MD
- Chester River to Queenstown MD
- Eastern Bay
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 073531 |
| SAME | 073532 |
| SAME | 073539 |
| SAME | 073540 |
| UGC | ANZ531 |
| UGC | ANZ532 |
| UGC | ANZ539 |
| UGC | ANZ540 |