Warning Vector

Small Craft Advisory

NWS Wakefield VA ยท US

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Details

Small Craft Advisory In Effect Until 4 PM EDT Monday... ...Gale Warning Is Cancelled

Event
Small Craft Advisory
Issued
Onset
Message expires
Expected end
Category
Meteorological
Urgency
Expected
Severity
Minor
Certainty
Likely
Response
Avoid

Description

What

Southeast 15 to 20 kt, becoming southwest tonight, shifting to the northwest Monday. Waves 3 to 5 ft.

Where

Chesapeake Bay from Little Creek VA to Cape Henry VA including the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel.

When

Until 4 PM 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 Little Creek VA to Cape Henry VA including the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel

Public contact

Issuer
NWS Wakefield VA

Message record

Received
Issue to receipt
~1m1s
CAP status
Actual
CAP message type
Alert
Lifecycle
New
Source
NWWS-OI
Feed
NWWS
Recovered
No
CAP routing and identity
ULID
01M4NP530H4093FB4PG47NARJD
Identifier
urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ec449f3dc5155eaea4841c3443f2d88c6527f42e.002.2
Scope
Public
CAP source
211803 v2.3.0
Handling codes
IPAWSv1.0
Issuing office
NWS Wakefield VA
AWIPS ID
CAPAKQ
NWWS sequence
nwws_processor.3778
WMO heading
XOUS51
WMO data type
CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO geography
United States (US)
WMO bulletin number
51

Event codes

NameValue
SAMENWS
NationalWeatherServiceSCY

Parameters

NameValue
AWIPSidentifierMWWAKQ
WMOidentifierWHUS71 KAKQ 111433
NWSheadlineSMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT MONDAY... ...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED
BLOCKCHANNELEAS
BLOCKCHANNELNWEM
VTEC/O.EXA.KAKQ.SC.Y.0100.000000T0000Z-261012T2000Z/
eventEndingTime2026-10-12T16:00:00-04:00
BLOCKCHANNELCMAS
Locations

Location data

  • Chesapeake Bay from Little Creek VA to Cape Henry VA including the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel
NameValue
SAME073634
UGCANZ634