Small Craft Advisory
NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC ยท US
Updated
Details
Small Craft Advisory Remains In Effect From 8 PM This Evening To 6 AM EDT Wednesday... ...Small Craft Advisory Will Expire At Noon EDT Today
- 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 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
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
- ~1m13s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M329ZY1NBFFTPP26F62KYQ2N
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.7e7c4dd67c0ac7a1586c4640ed715cc9f3a8ead1.003.2
- 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.4999
- 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
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | SCY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | MWWLWX |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS71 KLWX 211539 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON EDT TODAY |
| 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 |