Small Craft Advisory
NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC ยท US
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Details
Small Craft Advisory Remains In Effect Until Midnight EST Tonight
- 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 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and waves 2 to 4 ft.
Where
Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island MD to Smith Point VA.
When
Until midnight EST tonight.
Impacts
Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
Instructions
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
Affected areas
- Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island MD to Smith Point VA
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~46s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M700GDG1CGW8ZG42NYQXVDK8
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d9023e952058a8684f97decbd366cb325cb8001f.002.1
- 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.8820
- WMO heading
- XOUS51
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 51
References
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Sent
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | SCY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | MWWLWX |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS71 KLWX 091118 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KLWX.SC.Y.0171.000000T0000Z-261110T0500Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-11-10T00:00:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.4ab2ff1ad93f51d687602eca22b4d441f2a0ca6b.002.1,2026-11-08T21:46:00-05:00 [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ef44a61029f9c9783b47b324eb74c9392d037c71.002.2,2026-11-08T12:11:00-05:00 |
Locations
Location data
- Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island MD to Smith Point VA
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 073537 |
| UGC | ANZ537 |