Small Craft Advisory
NWS Buffalo NY ยท US
Updated
Details
Small Craft Advisory Remains In Effect Until 11 PM EDT Tuesday
- 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 5 feet.
Where
The nearshore waters of Lake Erie from Ripley to Buffalo.
When
Until 11 PM EDT Tuesday.
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
- Ripley to Dunkirk NY
- Dunkirk to Buffalo NY
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Buffalo NY
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~46s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M32HR4KE8310CH43PG2JXYJY
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a19ab5badfccfc98b94823b5a62b5f6e7a5c00b6.005.1
- 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.8199
- 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 | MWWBUF |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS71 KBUF 211755 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT TUESDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KBUF.SC.Y.0068.000000T0000Z-260923T0300Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-22T23:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.09291cc8a95fe3f7ee1124cf308c0fd58b29a3ab.001.1,2026-09-20T21:54:00-04:00 |
Locations
Location data
- Ripley to Dunkirk NY
- Dunkirk to Buffalo NY
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 096040 |
| SAME | 096041 |
| UGC | LEZ040 |
| UGC | LEZ041 |