Small Craft Advisory
NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC ยท US
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Details
Small Craft Advisory Remains In Effect Until 11 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
Southeast winds 10 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt.
Where
Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA, Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island MD to Smith Point VA and Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island.
When
Until 11 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
- Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA
- Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island 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
- ~1m10s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M4P4446218PBGFPXD4SV8SPG
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d3119b57f5ea9ab7da83540128d907e6e97576cd.001.1
- Sender
- [email protected]
- 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.1199
- WMO heading
- XOUS51
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 51
References
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | SCY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | MWWLWX |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS71 KLWX 111837 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KLWX.SC.Y.0158.000000T0000Z-261012T0300Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-10-11T23:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b7943843095f0fdd1b9ad75794cb19fd76f42937.001.2,2026-10-11T04:05:00-04:00 [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.69da05d3d5e7d69a858f35621ea93e5f21f01aac.001.3,2026-10-10T22:34:00-04:00 [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.34d6a7ce60e6bca65f2e76ca166ceb6874b377b6.001.3,2026-10-10T15:12:00-04:00 |
Locations
Location data
- Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA
- Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island MD to Smith Point VA
- Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 073534 |
| SAME | 073537 |
| SAME | 073543 |
| UGC | ANZ534 |
| UGC | ANZ537 |
| UGC | ANZ543 |