Small Craft Advisory
NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC ยท US
Updated
Details
Small Craft Advisory Remains In Effect Until 6 AM EDT Monday
- 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 with gusts up to 30 kt and waves 2 to 4 ft.
Where
Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA and Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island.
When
Until 6 AM EDT Monday.
Impacts
Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
Instructions
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
Affected areas
- Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA
- Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~51s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3HDKB0XFVMWSXNEADJZFNPY
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.75972e7a3d8644ce946ea22a91a9ab884e0941b6.005.1
- 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.781
- WMO heading
- XOUS51
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 51
References
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | SCY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | MWWLWX |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS71 KLWX 271231 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KLWX.SC.Y.0151.000000T0000Z-260928T1000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-28T06:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA
- Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 073534 |
| SAME | 073543 |
| UGC | ANZ534 |
| UGC | ANZ543 |