Small Craft Advisory
NWS Wakefield VA ยท US
Updated
Details
Small Craft Advisory Remains In Effect Until 1 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 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and seas 5 to 7 ft.
Where
Coastal waters from Parramore Island to Cape Charles Light VA out 20 NM and Coastal Waters from Cape Charles Light to Virginia-North Carolina border out 20 NM.
When
Until 1 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
- Coastal waters from Parramore Island to Cape Charles Light VA out 20 NM
- Coastal Waters from Cape Charles Light to Virginia-North Carolina border out 20 NM
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Wakefield VA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m7s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3HJTDXB7GVRGJ4DZP0F5SV6
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c998ae410675a4a01060705b70d29dc43434e2e0.002.1
- 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.2726
- 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
- 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 | MWWAKQ |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS71 KAKQ 271402 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT MONDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KAKQ.SC.Y.0093.000000T0000Z-260928T0500Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-28T01:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.6e6e35c00d5f404c73605d2cf6f92a92d24efa7b.006.1,2026-09-27T00:58:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.55cf039520549520b0b99372473ea22b4d19c8b1.002.2,2026-09-26T21:43:00-04:00 |
Locations
Location data
- Coastal waters from Parramore Island to Cape Charles Light VA out 20 NM
- Coastal Waters from Cape Charles Light to Virginia-North Carolina border out 20 NM
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 073654 |
| SAME | 073656 |
| UGC | ANZ654 |
| UGC | ANZ656 |