Small Craft Advisory
NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC ยท US
Updated
Details
Small Craft Advisory Now In Effect Until 2 PM EDT Saturday
- 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.
Where
Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River and Patuxent River to Broomes Island MD.
When
Until 2 PM EDT Saturday.
Impacts
Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
Instructions
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
Affected areas
- Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River
- Patuxent River to Broomes Island MD
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC
- 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
- 01M3AABKKW7MX4XAXSN8H99R56
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8dde6acac0c81fa6ddcd0dc160680fe90e4501a5.003.1
- 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.524
- 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
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | SCY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | MWWLWX |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS71 KLWX 241820 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT SATURDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KLWX.SC.Y.0149.000000T0000Z-260926T1800Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-26T14:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.6a340820ec4d1d9c40d4c0b18e84099383a22489.001.2,2026-09-24T03:11:00-04:00 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
- Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River
- Patuxent River to Broomes Island MD
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 073541 |
| SAME | 073542 |
| UGC | ANZ541 |
| UGC | ANZ542 |