Small Craft Advisory
NWS Wilmington NC ยท US
Updated
Details
Small Craft Advisory Remains In Effect Until 8 AM 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 and seas 5 to 8 ft.
Where
Southeast North Carolina coastal waters out 20 NM.
When
Until 8 AM 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
- Coastal waters from Surf City to Cape Fear NC out 20 nm
- Coastal waters from Cape Fear NC to Little River Inlet SC out 20 NM
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Wilmington NC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~18s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3CAKFF97QG0GJ87Q0HDFFQD
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.7b660ab6c91c03f3dbffe8f43e6002f344824d28.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Wilmington NC
- AWIPS ID
- CAPILM
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.1514
- WMO heading
- XOUS52
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 52
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 | MWWILM |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS72 KILM 251303 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KILM.SC.Y.0037.000000T0000Z-260926T1200Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-26T08:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.6b6b397babf5bda8496f2d299d7cd55e22575e03.002.1,2026-09-23T02:20:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8a3e13dd664a4780661d61891510804928e9bdb1.001.1,2026-09-23T13:18:37-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.00ebd1e46e3ae42ada4c07cc2c4f2a1e3c923d78.001.1,2026-09-22T18:13:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c3efce968b42ff7deb5e992cdf10775ec8cb01e2.001.1,2026-09-22T14:20:00-04:00 |
Locations
Location data
- Coastal waters from Surf City to Cape Fear NC out 20 nm
- Coastal waters from Cape Fear NC to Little River Inlet SC out 20 NM
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 075250 |
| SAME | 075252 |
| UGC | AMZ250 |
| UGC | AMZ252 |