Small Craft Advisory
NWS Medford OR ยท US
Details
Small Craft Advisory In Effect From 5 PM To 11 PM PDT Thursday... ...Gale Warning In Effect From 11 PM Thursday To 5 AM PDT Friday... ...Hazardous Seas Warning In Effect From 11 PM Thursday To 2 PM PDT Friday
- Event
- Small Craft Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
For the Small Craft Advisory, south winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and seas 6 to 7 ft at 10 seconds expected. For the Gale Warning, southwest winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts up to 35 kt and seas 12 to 16 ft at 10 seconds expected. For the Hazardous Seas Warning, very steep and hazardous seas 10 to 15 ft at 10 seconds expected.
Where
Small Craft Advisory for all of the area Thursday evening. Gale Warning north of Reedsport late Thursday night with Hazardous Seas elsewhere. A Hazardous Seas Warning follows for all of the area into Friday afternoon.
When
For the Small Craft Advisory, from 5 PM to 11 PM PDT Thursday. For the Gale Warning, from 11 PM Thursday to 5 AM PDT Friday. For the Hazardous Seas Warning, from 11 PM Thursday to 2 PM PDT Friday.
Impacts
Strong winds and very steep seas could capsize or damage vessels. Low visibility conditions are expected. * View the hazard area in detail at https://go.usa.gov/x6hks
Instructions
Mariners should alter plans to avoid strong winds and very steep seas. Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the vessel for severe conditions.
Affected areas
- Coastal waters from Florence to Cape Blanco OR out 10 nm
- Waters from Florence to Cape Blanco OR from 10 to 60 nm
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Medford OR
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~23s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M38Y243YV54DQAGX4Y9ZR8H9
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.eab952878eeca53ad1e5707f99aa3441557d43f3.001.4
- 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.7570
- WMO heading
- XOUS56
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 56
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | SCY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | MWWMFR |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS76 KMFR 240526 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM TO 11 PM PDT THURSDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THURSDAY TO 5 AM PDT FRIDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THURSDAY TO 2 PM PDT FRIDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KMFR.SC.Y.0077.260925T0000Z-260925T0600Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-24T23:00:00-07:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Coastal waters from Florence to Cape Blanco OR out 10 nm
- Waters from Florence to Cape Blanco OR from 10 to 60 nm
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 057350 |
| SAME | 057370 |
| UGC | PZZ350 |
| UGC | PZZ370 |