Small Craft Advisory
NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC ยท US
Updated
Details
Small Craft Advisory Remains In Effect Until 6 AM EDT Friday... ...Gale Warning Has Expired
- 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 30 kt and waves 2 to 4 ft.
Where
Chesapeake Bay from North Beach MD to Smith Point VA, Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island MD to Smith Point VA, Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River, Patuxent River to Broomes Island MD, and Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island.
When
Until 6 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
- Chesapeake Bay from North Beach to Drum Point MD
- Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA
- Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island MD to Smith Point VA
- Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River
- Patuxent River to Broomes Island MD
- Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~23s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M39EWEQJ3QRZP4DFAXKYK5MX
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.784e30a7cd40b3f8d23166502d0ff086adac2af6.001.2
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC
- AWIPS ID
- CAPLWX
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.7590
- 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
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | SCY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | MWWLWX |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS71 KLWX 241020 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT FRIDAY... ...GALE WARNING HAS EXPIRED |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KLWX.SC.Y.0149.000000T0000Z-260925T1000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-25T06:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.273a2170d8f99cc137248814dca2ab080a91d435.001.2,2026-09-23T18:22:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.3b8ec9ca612c74c54922646f17a98598b36fd71d.001.2,2026-09-23T15:28:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c0a4022605414916843814adc26141228700f6e4.001.2,2026-09-23T09:01:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.16430078365a8550c2adc48652e252f40125b701.001.3,2026-09-23T00:12:00-04:00 |
Locations
Location data
- Chesapeake Bay from North Beach to Drum Point MD
- Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA
- Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island MD to Smith Point VA
- Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River
- Patuxent River to Broomes Island MD
- Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 073533 |
| SAME | 073534 |
| SAME | 073537 |
| SAME | 073541 |
| SAME | 073542 |
| SAME | 073543 |
| UGC | ANZ533 |
| UGC | ANZ534 |
| UGC | ANZ537 |
| UGC | ANZ541 |
| UGC | ANZ542 |
| UGC | ANZ543 |