Small Craft Advisory
NWS Medford OR ยท US
Updated
Details
Small Craft Advisory Now In Effect Until 5 AM PDT Thursday
- Event
- Small Craft Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
North winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and steep wind-driven seas 6 to 9 ft.
Where
All areas south of Cape Blanco.
When
Until 5 AM PDT Thursday.
Impacts
Gusty winds and steep seas could capsize or damage smaller vessels. * View the hazard area in detail at https://go.usa.gov/x6hks
Instructions
Inexperienced mariners and those operating smaller vessels should remain in port and avoid the area of hazardous conditions.
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
- Issue to receipt
- ~31s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M35B03NRYK7B8ET4QTH3AYWQ
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a7a389e39d0bb78b4ef856f13f8e1e8714672671.001.2
- 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.3080
- WMO heading
- XOUS56
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 56
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 | MWWMFR |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS76 KMFR 221955 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0076.000000T0000Z-260924T1200Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-24T05:00:00-07:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a03652afa21eb49072f17f1be58645c73bd83b3d.002.2,2026-09-21T12:59:00-07:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.7c1e77034af1b0cea35a143cd8886376d224c3b5.001.1,2026-09-21T02:28:00-07:00 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 |