Small Craft Advisory
NWS Buffalo NY ยท US
Updated
Details
Small Craft Advisory Now In Effect Until 2 AM EDT Thursday
- Event
- Small Craft Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
East winds 15 to 25 knots and waves 4 to 7 feet.
Where
The nearshore waters from the Niagara River to Hamlin Beach.
When
Until 2 AM EDT Thursday.
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
- Niagara River to Hamlin Beach NY
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Buffalo NY
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~35s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M359SRYQ03N8GQA56H90THYE
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.9b98854656b2063d6c1de54bf0b582815fb596b2.001.1
- 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.2573
- 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
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- 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 221934 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT THURSDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KBUF.SC.Y.0068.000000T0000Z-260924T0600Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-24T02:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.24beee5b5f9b2f9f4ae5d5cac5eac6f79fe2b4f8.002.1,2026-09-21T20:18:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.eff30433e133556c8217bae7b5713a67ef1b7a88.002.1,2026-09-21T15:39:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a19ab5badfccfc98b94823b5a62b5f6e7a5c00b6.002.1,2026-09-21T13:55:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.aac2b6c33d66eff199bbdad56a02bb9098cd9191.002.1,2026-09-21T10:38:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.6dc47f1a9b10015a172925506c96dc467b059776.003.1,2026-09-21T03:51:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.09291cc8a95fe3f7ee1124cf308c0fd58b29a3ab.002.1,2026-09-20T21:54:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d53821aaddac7c3fa6da7a14259debbd516df4ce.001.1,2026-09-20T12:14:00-04:00 |
Locations
Location data
- Niagara River to Hamlin Beach NY
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 097042 |
| UGC | LOZ042 |