Small Craft Advisory

NWS Seattle WA · US

Updated

Details

Small Craft Advisory Remains In Effect Until 11 PM PDT This Evening

Event: Small Craft Advisory
Issued: 2026-09-26 04:58:00 UTC
Onset: 2026-09-26 04:58:00 UTC
Message expires: 2026-09-26 06:00:00 UTC
Expected end: 2026-09-26 06:00:00 UTC
Category: Meteorological
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Minor
Certainty: Likely
Response: Avoid

Description

What

Southwest winds 15 to 25 kt.

Where

Puget Sound and Hood Canal.

When

Until 11 PM PDT this evening.

Impacts

Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.

Instructions

A Small Craft Advisory means that wind speeds of 21 to 33 knots and/or seas 10 feet or higher are expected to produce hazardous wave conditions to small craft. Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels should avoid navigating in these conditions.

Affected areas

Puget Sound and Hood Canal

Public contact

Issuer: NWS Seattle WA
Website: http://www.weather.gov

Message record

Received: 2026-09-26 04:59:04 UTC
Issue to receipt: ~1m4s
CAP status: Actual
CAP message type: Update
Lifecycle: Updated
Source: NWWS-OI
Feed: NWWS
Recovered: No

CAP routing and identity

ULID: 01M3E19HRZBQY1QGF8HHKXYNQ2
Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.bcf49471595cb6c3be84535c83145fa787dcd335.004.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Scope: Public
CAP source: 211803 v2.3.0
Handling codes: IPAWSv1.0
Issuing office: NWS Seattle WA
AWIPS ID: CAPSEW
NWWS sequence: nwws_processor.6909
WMO heading: XOUS56
WMO data type: CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO geography: United States (US)
WMO bulletin number: 56

References

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.9b35a2f388636e72c5ab360843aca872a1ab34b2.004.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-25 21:03:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ddd3d0174ca2779ba4658082025d3b027b8ffc08.004.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-25 15:13:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e40d910c607a21f8b191a79718c15c91ec1fcd5f.006.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-25 08:39:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.7988f3c8d9b44322cd9a854ed898a7527a2b3b67.005.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-25 04:30:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e199e297bf9b56dee9a8c27fe7a2f5262bb6cede.006.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-24 20:32:00 UTC

Event codes

Name	Value
SAME	NWS
NationalWeatherService	SCY

Parameters

Name	Value
AWIPSidentifier	MWWSEW
WMOidentifier	WHUS76 KSEW 260458
NWSheadline	SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING
BLOCKCHANNEL	EAS
BLOCKCHANNEL	NWEM
VTEC	/O.CON.KSEW.SC.Y.0130.000000T0000Z-260926T0600Z/
eventEndingTime	2026-09-25T23:00:00-07:00
BLOCKCHANNEL	CMAS
expiredReferences	w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ddd3d0174ca2779ba4658082025d3b027b8ffc08.004.1,2026-09-25T08:13:00-07:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e40d910c607a21f8b191a79718c15c91ec1fcd5f.006.1,2026-09-25T01:39:00-07:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.7988f3c8d9b44322cd9a854ed898a7527a2b3b67.005.1,2026-09-24T21:30:00-07:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e199e297bf9b56dee9a8c27fe7a2f5262bb6cede.006.1,2026-09-24T13:32:00-07:00

Locations

Location data

Puget Sound and Hood Canal

Name	Value
SAME	057135
UGC	PZZ135