Small Craft Advisory
NWS Medford OR ยท US
New
Details
Hazardous Seas Warning Remains In Effect Until 2 PM PDT This Afternoon... ...Small Craft Advisory In Effect From 2 PM This Afternoon To 11 PM PDT This Evening
- Event
- Small Craft Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Very steep and hazardous seas 9 to 11 ft at 8 to 9 seconds gradually subsiding to 7 to 9 ft at 9 seconds this afternoon and evening. W winds easing to 10 to 20 kt today.
Where
All areas, except highest seas north of Reedsport.
When
For the Hazardous Seas Warning, until 2 PM PDT this afternoon. For the Small Craft Advisory, from 2 PM this afternoon to 11 PM PDT this evening.
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 Florence to Cape Blanco OR out 10 nm
- Waters from Florence to Cape Blanco OR from 10 to 60 nm
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Medford OR
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~42s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3CCSSTC5PADE7YHRRW9JB14
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.690b74ba7be064e3471e4fe64b2a2734f6bc203d.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.2307
- WMO heading
- XOUS56
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 56
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | SCY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | MWWMFR |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS76 KMFR 251341 AAA |
| NWSheadline | HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.EXB.KMFR.SC.Y.0078.260925T2100Z-260926T0600Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-25T23:00:00-07:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Coastal waters from Florence to Cape Blanco OR out 10 nm
- Waters from Florence to Cape Blanco OR from 10 to 60 nm
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 057350 |
| SAME | 057370 |
| UGC | PZZ350 |
| UGC | PZZ370 |