Small Craft Advisory
NWS Newport/Morehead City NC ยท US
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Details
Small Craft Advisory In Effect Until 2 PM EDT Sunday
- Event
- Small Craft Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Northwest winds 20 to 30 kt with occasional gusts up to 35 kt and seas 8 to 13 ft.
Where
The coastal waters from Oregon Inlet to Cape Hatteras.
When
Until 2 PM EDT Sunday. The strongest winds will last until this evening, with hazardous seas lasting into Sunday afternoon.
Impacts
Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
Additional details
Strong winds and dangerous seas will continue to impact the coastal and offshore waters as a Nor'easter moves slowly north off the Mid-Atlantic Coast.
Instructions
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
Affected areas
- S of Oregon Inlet NC to Cape Hatteras NC out to 20 NM
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m12s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3EK52EBJRM0AYB00PYTAD3W
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ed1a186a04ef5b57d46e934b6439aa4e92ad8603.001.2
- 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.7330
- WMO heading
- XOUS52
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 52
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | SCY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | MWWMHX |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS72 KMHX 261010 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT SUNDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.EXB.KMHX.SC.Y.0085.000000T0000Z-260927T1800Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-27T14:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- S of Oregon Inlet NC to Cape Hatteras NC out to 20 NM
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 075152 |
| UGC | AMZ152 |