Small Craft Advisory
NWS Newport/Morehead City NC ยท US
Updated
Details
Small Craft Advisory Remains In Effect Until 2 AM 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 15 to 25 kt and seas 4 to 7 ft.
Where
The coastal waters from Ocracoke Inlet to Surf City.
When
Until 2 AM EDT Sunday.
Impacts
Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
Instructions
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
Affected areas
- S of Ocracoke Inlet NC to Cape Lookout NC out to 20 NM
- S of Cape Lookout NC to Surf City NC out to 20 NM
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~53s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3EWJKYSY6N5RNKQRCKKR67V
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.10099bed6defbca877e678ceb398590345a85c93.004.1
- 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.1173
- 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
- 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 261255 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT SUNDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KMHX.SC.Y.0085.000000T0000Z-260927T0600Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-27T02:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.15489335f5d2c9b97a3fab5e9b649b2694f5364f.006.1,2026-09-25T20:07:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.61ab6eeea20c285c374d6b940ba873dbc7a3f919.006.1,2026-09-25T14:28:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.31005eb400aaa0a5a362f74c0efdbdcf55d87bd5.006.1,2026-09-25T09:37:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.2cfb3693eaa67fda52fd97392ec866670a2ea645.001.2,2026-09-25T06:19:00-04:00 |
Locations
Location data
- S of Ocracoke Inlet NC to Cape Lookout NC out to 20 NM
- S of Cape Lookout NC to Surf City NC out to 20 NM
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 075156 |
| SAME | 075158 |
| UGC | AMZ156 |
| UGC | AMZ158 |