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 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and waves 2 to 5 ft.
Where
Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point to Windmill Point VA, Chesapeake Bay from Windmill Point to New Point Comfort VA, Chesapeake Bay from New Point Comfort to Little Creek VA and Chesapeake Bay from Little Creek VA to Cape Henry VA including the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel.
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
- Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point to Windmill Point VA
- Chesapeake Bay from Windmill Point to New Point Comfort VA
- Chesapeake Bay from New Point Comfort to Little Creek VA
- Chesapeake Bay from Little Creek VA to Cape Henry VA including the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel
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
- 01M3HJTE1JK3JM0BE71YRJXSGM
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c998ae410675a4a01060705b70d29dc43434e2e0.001.1
- 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.2728
- 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.005.1,2026-09-27T00:58:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.55cf039520549520b0b99372473ea22b4d19c8b1.001.2,2026-09-26T21:43:00-04:00 |
Locations
Location data
- Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point to Windmill Point VA
- Chesapeake Bay from Windmill Point to New Point Comfort VA
- Chesapeake Bay from New Point Comfort to Little Creek VA
- Chesapeake Bay from Little Creek VA to Cape Henry VA including the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 073630 |
| SAME | 073631 |
| SAME | 073632 |
| SAME | 073634 |
| UGC | ANZ630 |
| UGC | ANZ631 |
| UGC | ANZ632 |
| UGC | ANZ634 |