Warning Vector

Small Craft Advisory

NWS Medford OR ยท US

New

Details

Hazardous Seas Warning Now In Effect Until 5 AM PDT Early This Morning... ...Small Craft Advisory In Effect From 5 AM Early This Morning To 2 PM PDT This Afternoon

Event
Small Craft Advisory
Issued
Onset
Message expires
Expected end
Category
Meteorological
Urgency
Expected
Severity
Minor
Certainty
Likely
Response
Avoid

Description

What

For the Hazardous Seas Warning, very steep and hazardous seas 9 to 11 ft at 9 seconds. For the Small Craft Advisory, steep seas 7 to 9 ft at 9 seconds expected.

Where

All of the area, but warning level seas, especially north of Brookings early this morning, gradually becoming small craft advisory all areas.

When

For the Hazardous Seas Warning, until 5 AM PDT early this morning. For the Small Craft Advisory, from 5 AM early this morning to 2 PM PDT this afternoon.

Impacts

Very steep and hazardous seas could capsize or damage vessels. Bar crossings will become especially treacherous. * View the hazard area in detail at https://go.usa.gov/x6hks

Instructions

Recreational boaters should remain in port. Commercial vessels should prepare for very steep seas and consider remaining in port until conditions improve.

Affected areas

  • Coastal waters from Cape Blanco OR to Pt. St. George CA out 10 nm
  • Waters from Cape Blanco OR to Pt. St. George CA from 10 to 60 nm

Public contact

Issuer
NWS Medford OR

Message record

Received
Issue to receipt
~28s
CAP status
Actual
CAP message type
Alert
Lifecycle
New
Source
NWWS-OI
Feed
NWWS
Recovered
No
CAP routing and identity
ULID
01M3BW0VCFEF79WAX99JTJNDN3
Identifier
urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.83a4a038dd680d3eee820cec8f9f5bb0e58e8b17.001.2
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.5099
WMO heading
XOUS56
WMO data type
CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO geography
United States (US)
WMO bulletin number
56

Event codes

NameValue
SAMENWS
NationalWeatherServiceSCY

Parameters

NameValue
AWIPSidentifierMWWMFR
WMOidentifierWHUS76 KMFR 250848
NWSheadlineHAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM EARLY THIS MORNING TO 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON
BLOCKCHANNELEAS
BLOCKCHANNELNWEM
VTEC/O.NEW.KMFR.SC.Y.0078.260925T1200Z-260925T2100Z/
eventEndingTime2026-09-25T14:00:00-07:00
BLOCKCHANNELCMAS
Locations

Location data

  • Coastal waters from Cape Blanco OR to Pt. St. George CA out 10 nm
  • Waters from Cape Blanco OR to Pt. St. George CA from 10 to 60 nm
NameValue
SAME057356
SAME057376
UGCPZZ356
UGCPZZ376