Small Craft Advisory
NWS Wakefield VA ยท US
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Small Craft Advisory In Effect From 1 PM This Afternoon To 7 AM EDT Friday
- 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 35 kt and waves 2 to 4 ft expected.
Where
Rappahannock River from Urbanna to Windmill Point, York River and James River from Jamestown to the James River Bridge.
When
From 1 PM this afternoon to 7 AM EDT Friday.
Impacts
Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
Instructions
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
Affected areas
- Rappahannock River from Urbanna to Windmill Point
- York River
- James River from Jamestown to the James River Bridge
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Wakefield VA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~48s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M33V40YEM1GS4HW0RY3GT0T0
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.010dd9eefd61fba089ad832b4bcceb1639fbac97.013.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Wakefield VA
- AWIPS ID
- CAPAKQ
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.8495
- WMO heading
- XOUS51
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 51
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | SCY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | MWWAKQ |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS71 KAKQ 220558 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EDT FRIDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.EXB.KAKQ.SC.Y.0092.260922T1700Z-260925T1100Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-25T07:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Rappahannock River from Urbanna to Windmill Point
- York River
- James River from Jamestown to the James River Bridge
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 073635 |
| SAME | 073636 |
| SAME | 073637 |
| UGC | ANZ635 |
| UGC | ANZ636 |
| UGC | ANZ637 |