Small Craft Advisory
NWS Newport/Morehead City NC ยท US
Updated
Details
Small Craft Advisory Remains In Effect Until 11 PM EDT Saturday
- Event
- Small Craft Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Northwest winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and choppy waters.
Where
Albemarle Sound and Alligator River.
When
Until 11 PM 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
- Alligator River
- Albemarle Sound
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m6s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3DGMRG7BY9CNWCD2YS274P0
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.15489335f5d2c9b97a3fab5e9b649b2694f5364f.007.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
- AWIPS ID
- CAPMHX
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.102
- 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
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | SCY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | MWWMHX |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS72 KMHX 260007 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT SATURDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KMHX.SC.Y.0085.000000T0000Z-260927T0300Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-26T23:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.2cfb3693eaa67fda52fd97392ec866670a2ea645.002.2,2026-09-25T06:19:00-04:00 |
Locations
Location data
- Alligator River
- Albemarle Sound
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 075131 |
| SAME | 075230 |
| UGC | AMZ131 |
| UGC | AMZ230 |