Small Craft Advisory
NWS Wakefield VA ยท US
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Small Craft Advisory In Effect From 7 AM This Morning To 7 PM EDT This Evening
- 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 expected with gusts to 25 kt.
Where
Rappahannock River from Urbanna to Windmill Point, York River and James River from Jamestown to the James River Bridge.
When
From 7 AM this morning to 7 PM EDT this evening.
Impacts
Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
Instructions
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
Affected areas
- Rappahannock River from Urbanna to Windmill Point
- York River
- James River from Jamestown to the James River Bridge
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Wakefield VA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m25s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3GXQB98T81C7M65J12ATNFJ
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d543ad5cc069d766eadabc688ae31d14018dee1a.001.2
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Wakefield VA
- AWIPS ID
- CAPAKQ
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.3313
- WMO heading
- XOUS51
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 51
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | SCY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | MWWAKQ |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS71 KAKQ 270753 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KAKQ.SC.Y.0095.260927T1100Z-260927T2300Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-27T19:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Rappahannock River from Urbanna to Windmill Point
- York River
- James River from Jamestown to the James River Bridge
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 073635 |
| SAME | 073636 |
| SAME | 073637 |
| UGC | ANZ635 |
| UGC | ANZ636 |
| UGC | ANZ637 |