Small Craft Advisory

NWS Medford OR · US

Updated

Details

Hazardous Seas Warning Now In Effect Until 11 PM PDT Tuesday... ...Small Craft Advisory Remains In Effect Until 11 PM PDT Tuesday

Event: Small Craft Advisory
Issued: 2026-09-21 19:59:00 UTC
Onset: 2026-09-21 19:59:00 UTC
Message expires: 2026-09-22 09:00:00 UTC
Expected end: 2026-09-23 06:00:00 UTC
Category: Meteorological
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Minor
Certainty: Likely
Response: Avoid

Description

What

North winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 35 kt and steep to very steep seas 7 to 10 ft at 8 seconds.

Where

For the hazardous seas warning, areas south of Pistol River and out to 30 nm from shore. For the Small Craft Advisory, all other areas.

When

Until 11 PM PDT Tuesday.

Impacts

Very steep and hazardous seas could capsize or damage vessels. * 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: 2026-09-21 20:00:02 UTC
Issue to receipt: ~1m2s
CAP status: Actual
CAP message type: Update
Lifecycle: Updated
Source: NWWS-OI
Feed: NWWS
Recovered: No

CAP routing and identity

ULID: 01M32RVNMR5HG1HQT8Q1BNNPMD
Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a03652afa21eb49072f17f1be58645c73bd83b3d.002.2
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.3407
WMO heading: XOUS56
WMO data type: CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO geography: United States (US)
WMO bulletin number: 56

References

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.7c1e77034af1b0cea35a143cd8886376d224c3b5.001.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-21 09:28:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.7883570618724f4f6d5fcde35e5efb518e3bd065.001.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-20 20:35:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a6f030b0645b5b4e5b97ebbd1ff100d8bee71647.001.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-20 07:58:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.bfb48255d712809c166b6664b371804b5282de60.001.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-19 21:18:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.bf6f9a597a26e43ad71a9296dc1edb2770705429.002.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-19 09:23:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.30a5dfff992acd5378ddb6ebc64fbf329359f82c.001.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-18 20:38:00 UTC

Event codes

Name	Value
SAME	NWS
NationalWeatherService	SCY

Parameters

Name	Value
AWIPSidentifier	MWWMFR
WMOidentifier	WHUS76 KMFR 211959
NWSheadline	HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY
BLOCKCHANNEL	EAS
BLOCKCHANNEL	NWEM
VTEC	/O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0076.000000T0000Z-260923T0600Z/
eventEndingTime	2026-09-22T23:00:00-07:00
BLOCKCHANNEL	CMAS
expiredReferences	w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.7883570618724f4f6d5fcde35e5efb518e3bd065.001.1,2026-09-20T13:35:00-07:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a6f030b0645b5b4e5b97ebbd1ff100d8bee71647.001.1,2026-09-20T00:58:00-07:00 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