Small Craft Advisory
NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC ยท US
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Details
Small Craft Advisory In Effect From 6 PM This Evening To Midnight EST Monday Night
- Event
- Small Craft Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Southwest winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to 25 kt this evening, becoming northwest 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and waves 2 to 4 ft overnight through Monday evening.
Where
Chesapeake Bay main channel north of Smith Point VA, Chester River to Queenstown MD, Eastern Bay, Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River, and Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island.
When
From 6 PM this evening to midnight EST Monday night.
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 north of Pooles Island MD
- Chesapeake Bay from Pooles Island to Sandy Point MD
- Chesapeake Bay from Sandy Point to North Beach MD
- Chesapeake Bay from North Beach to Drum Point MD
- Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA
- Chester River to Queenstown MD
- Eastern Bay
- Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River
- 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
- ~1m7s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M6Y2APF97912EMR7KFWT2MCB
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ef44a61029f9c9783b47b324eb74c9392d037c71.001.2
- 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.7526
- WMO heading
- XOUS51
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 51
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | SCY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | MWWLWX |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS71 KLWX 081711 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY NIGHT |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.EXB.KLWX.SC.Y.0170.261108T2300Z-261110T0500Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-11-10T00:00:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Chesapeake Bay north of Pooles Island MD
- Chesapeake Bay from Pooles Island to Sandy Point MD
- Chesapeake Bay from Sandy Point to North Beach MD
- Chesapeake Bay from North Beach to Drum Point MD
- Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA
- Chester River to Queenstown MD
- Eastern Bay
- Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River
- Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 073530 |
| SAME | 073531 |
| SAME | 073532 |
| SAME | 073533 |
| SAME | 073534 |
| SAME | 073539 |
| SAME | 073540 |
| SAME | 073541 |
| SAME | 073543 |
| UGC | ANZ530 |
| UGC | ANZ531 |
| UGC | ANZ532 |
| UGC | ANZ533 |
| UGC | ANZ534 |
| UGC | ANZ539 |
| UGC | ANZ540 |
| UGC | ANZ541 |
| UGC | ANZ543 |