Gale Watch
NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC ยท US
Cancelled
Details
Small Craft Advisory Now In Effect Until 6 PM EDT This Evening... ...Gale Warning In Effect From 6 PM This Evening To 6 PM EDT Saturday
- Event
- Gale Watch
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Past
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Monitor
Description
The Gale Watch has been replaced. Please see the latest information from NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC on this developing situation.
Instructions
Mariners should alter plans to avoid these hazardous conditions. Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the vessel for 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
- 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
- ~1m2s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Cancel
- Lifecycle
- Cancelled
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3BM71F7K1WB8DYJSB53M14X
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.9bd510854a76444f65ccfeff8e65ffb67a351d2f.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.1074
- 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
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | GLA |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | MWWLWX |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS71 KLWX 250631 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM EDT SATURDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.UPG.KLWX.GL.A.0010.260925T2000Z-260926T1800Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-26T14:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8dde6acac0c81fa6ddcd0dc160680fe90e4501a5.001.2,2026-09-24T14:20:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d59c8896382de8cff1eb2822d1576c9111170de8.001.2,2026-09-24T09:40:00-04:00 |
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
- Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 073533 |
| SAME | 073534 |
| SAME | 073537 |
| SAME | 073543 |
| UGC | ANZ533 |
| UGC | ANZ534 |
| UGC | ANZ537 |
| UGC | ANZ543 |