Small Craft Advisory

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Small Craft Advisory Now In Effect Until 6 AM EDT Early This Morning... ...Gale Warning In Effect From 6 AM This Morning To 10 PM EDT This Evening

Event: Small Craft Advisory
Issued: 2026-09-26 06:35:00 UTC
Onset: 2026-09-26 06:35:00 UTC
Message expires: 2026-09-26 14:45:00 UTC
Expected end: 2026-09-26 10:00:00 UTC
Category: Meteorological
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Minor
Certainty: Likely
Response: Avoid

Description

What

For the Small Craft Advisory, north winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt. For the Gale Warning, north winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 35 kt expected.

Where

Chesapeake Bay north of Pooles Island MD.

When

For the Small Craft Advisory, until 6 AM EDT early this morning. For the Gale Warning, from 6 AM this morning to 10 PM EDT this evening.

Impacts

Strong winds will cause hazardous waves which could capsize or damage vessels.

Instructions

Mariners should alter plans to avoid these hazardous conditions. Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the vessel for hazardous conditions.

Affected areas

Chesapeake Bay north of Pooles Island MD

Public contact

Issuer: NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC
Website: http://www.weather.gov

Message record

Received: 2026-09-26 06:35:59 UTC
Issue to receipt: ~1m0s
CAP status: Actual
CAP message type: Alert
Lifecycle: New
Source: NWWS-OI
Feed: NWWS
Recovered: No

CAP routing and identity

ULID: 01M3E6V0PNVBM0N278H659KA4P
Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.7d15a578d6f0fafaaa11782b72ecaffd8ac695d0.001.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Scope: Public
CAP source: 211803 v2.3.0
Handling codes: IPAWSv1.0
Issuing office: NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC
AWIPS ID: CAPLWX
NWWS sequence: nwws_processor.1207
WMO heading: XOUS51
WMO data type: CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO geography: United States (US)
WMO bulletin number: 51

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Event codes

Name	Value
SAME	NWS
NationalWeatherService	SCY

Parameters

Name	Value
AWIPSidentifier	MWWLWX
WMOidentifier	WHUS71 KLWX 260635
NWSheadline	SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING
BLOCKCHANNEL	EAS
BLOCKCHANNEL	NWEM
VTEC	/O.EXT.KLWX.SC.Y.0148.000000T0000Z-260926T1000Z/
eventEndingTime	2026-09-26T06:00:00-04:00
BLOCKCHANNEL	CMAS
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Locations

Location data

Chesapeake Bay north of Pooles Island MD

Name	Value
SAME	073530
UGC	ANZ530