Small Craft Advisory
NWS Honolulu HI ยท US
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Details
Small Craft Advisory In Effect Until 6 AM HST Friday... ...Hurricane Watch Remains In Effect
- 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, east winds 15 to 25 kt and seas 6 to 11 feet. For the Hurricane Watch, east winds 20 to 30 kt and seas 12 to 18 feet.
Where
Big Island Windward Waters.
When
For the Small Craft Advisory, until 6 AM HST Friday. For the Hurricane Watch, beginning at 6 AM HST Friday.
Impacts
Extremely strong winds will cause hazardous seas which will likely capsize or damage vessels and severely reduce visibility.
Instructions
Mariners should remain in port, alter course, and/or secure the vessel for extreme conditions before conditions deteriorate further.
Affected areas
- Big Island Windward Waters
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Honolulu HI
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~34s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M39XA6YN4XAT4VVYM2AFQWN8
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.7f7987172262de72de54a9ba4197c716c0d335e0.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Honolulu HI
- AWIPS ID
- CAPHFO
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.3602
- WMO heading
- XOHW50
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- Hawaiian Islands (HW)
- WMO bulletin number
- 50
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | SCY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | MWWHFO |
| WMOidentifier | WHHW70 PHFO 241432 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST FRIDAY... ...HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.EXA.PHFO.SC.Y.0037.000000T0000Z-260925T1600Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-25T06:00:00-10:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Big Island Windward Waters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 059122 |
| UGC | PHZ122 |