Small Craft Advisory
NWS Portland OR ยท US
Details
Hazardous Seas Warning Now In Effect Until 5 PM PDT This Afternoon... ...Small Craft Advisory In Effect From 5 PM This Afternoon To 11 PM PDT This Evening... ...Small Craft Advisory In Effect From 5 PM Saturday To 5 AM PDT Sunday
- Event
- Small Craft Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Rough bar conditions expected. For the Hazardous Seas Warning, very steep and hazardous seas 11 to 14 ft at 9 seconds and west winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt. For the first Small Craft Advisory, seas 8 to 9 ft at 9 seconds and northwest winds 10 to 15 kt expected. For the second Small Craft Advisory, seas 5 to 7 ft at 8 seconds and north winds 10 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt expected.
Where
In the Main Channel of the Columbia River Bar.
When
Hazardous Seas Warning, until 5 PM PDT this afternoon. Small Craft Advisory, from 5 PM this afternoon to 11 PM PDT this evening. Small Craft Advisory, from 5 PM Saturday to 5 AM PDT Sunday.
Impacts
Very steep and hazardous seas could capsize or cause damage to vessels.
Additional details
Ebb current of 4.9 kt at 444 PM Friday. Seas 8 to 9 ft. Ebb current of 4.96 kt at 456 AM Saturday. Seas 5 ft. Ebb current of 5.5 kt at 517 PM Saturday. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
Instructions
A Hazardous Seas Warning means hazardous sea conditions are imminent or occurring. Recreational boaters should remain in port, or take shelter until waves subside. Commercial vessels should prepare for rough seas and consider remaining in port or taking shelter in port until hazardous seas subside.
Affected areas
- Columbia River Bar
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Portland OR
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m13s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3D47MHF48X4P2FF9D4EXE2A
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.547e624bb4d32345ffd972232e375003ad5323f7.003.4
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Portland OR
- AWIPS ID
- CAPPQR
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.4002
- 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 | MWWPQR |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS76 KPQR 252030 |
| NWSheadline | HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM SATURDAY TO 5 AM PDT SUNDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KPQR.SC.Y.0099.260927T0000Z-260927T1200Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-27T05:00:00-07:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Columbia River Bar
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 057210 |
| UGC | PZZ210 |