Small Craft Advisory
NWS Wakefield VA ยท US
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Details
Small Craft Advisory In Effect From 7 PM This Evening To 7 PM EST Monday
- Event
- Small Craft Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
West winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt and waves 2 to 4 ft expected.
Where
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
From 7 PM this evening to 7 PM EST 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 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
- ~28s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M6Y6VZY2JHPPEMKPV9TPWE2S
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.53e0531cd08752d2943979d21741a0911fbe9f93.004.1
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Wakefield VA
- AWIPS ID
- CAPAKQ
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.952
- 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 | MWWAKQ |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS71 KAKQ 081831 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST MONDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KAKQ.SC.Y.0110.261109T0000Z-261110T0000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-11-09T19:00:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- 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 | 073631 |
| SAME | 073632 |
| SAME | 073634 |
| UGC | ANZ631 |
| UGC | ANZ632 |
| UGC | ANZ634 |