Small Craft Advisory

NWS Medford OR · US

Updated

This event was updated at 2026-11-12 09:57:00 UTC.

Details

Small Craft Advisory Now In Effect Until 10 PM PST Thursday

Event: Small Craft Advisory
Issued: 2026-11-10 21:50:00 UTC
Onset: 2026-11-10 21:50:00 UTC
Message expires: 2026-11-11 11:00:00 UTC
Expected end: 2026-11-13 06:00:00 UTC
Category: Meteorological
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Minor
Certainty: Likely
Response: Avoid

Description

What

South winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts up to 35 kt and steep swell dominated seas 10 to 13 ft at 14 seas. Seas increase late tonight, remaining steep 12 to 15 ft at 14 seconds through Thursday.

Where

All areas.

When

Until 10 PM PST Thursday.

Impacts

Gusty winds and/or steep seas could capsize or damage smaller vessels.

Additional details

A strong front will bring gales and the potential for storm force wind gusts Thursday night into Friday followed by a very large westerly ocean swell Friday night into Saturday. Very steep, hazardous waves could reach 25 to 30 feet or higher. Please stay tuned for updates on this high impact weather pattern. * View the hazard area in detail at https://go.usa.gov/x6hks

Instructions

Inexperienced mariners and those operating smaller vessels should remain in port and avoid the area of hazardous conditions.

Affected areas

Coastal waters from Cape Blanco OR to Pt. St. George CA out 10 nm
Waters from Cape Blanco OR to Pt. St. George CA from 10 to 60 nm

Public contact

Issuer: NWS Medford OR
Website: http://www.weather.gov

Message record

Received: 2026-11-10 21:50:30 UTC
Issue to receipt: ~31s
CAP status: Actual
CAP message type: Update
Lifecycle: Updated
Source: NWWS-OI
Feed: NWWS
Recovered: No

CAP routing and identity

ULID: 01M73Q1WNCRBPYN6EBXS221K7V
Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.7d9d95c79c49e0770e441fe118d5adc0d931d8bd.002.1
Sender: [email protected]
Scope: Public
CAP source: 211803 v2.3.0
Handling codes: IPAWSv1.0
Issuing office: NWS Medford OR
AWIPS ID: CAPMFR
NWWS sequence: nwws_processor.5780
WMO heading: XOUS56
WMO data type: CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO geography: United States (US)
WMO bulletin number: 56

References

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.72df62b385cc30f042df0646a160728810e1b366.002.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-11-10 08:43:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a69ffcf7a591c9b96d089207ea721abff2315ff3.002.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-11-09 22:11:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.82cc1e1f8bd9551fbadda378eebd5f825b45b9bd.002.2
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-11-09 08:43:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c25bcda55e092a79aacd3ea58eb036cea880daab.002.2
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-11-08 21:49:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d709a66be4ab69fc37ebf18be6b792016d62e976.002.3
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-11-08 12:16:00 UTC

Event codes

Name	Value
SAME	NWS
NationalWeatherService	SCY

Parameters

Name	Value
AWIPSidentifier	MWWMFR
WMOidentifier	WHUS76 KMFR 102150
NWSheadline	SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THURSDAY
BLOCKCHANNEL	EAS
BLOCKCHANNEL	NWEM
VTEC	/O.EXT.KMFR.SC.Y.0090.000000T0000Z-261113T0600Z/
eventEndingTime	2026-11-12T22:00:00-08:00
BLOCKCHANNEL	CMAS
expiredReferences	[email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a69ffcf7a591c9b96d089207ea721abff2315ff3.002.1,2026-11-09T14:11:00-08:00 [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.82cc1e1f8bd9551fbadda378eebd5f825b45b9bd.002.2,2026-11-09T00:43:00-08:00 [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c25bcda55e092a79aacd3ea58eb036cea880daab.002.2,2026-11-08T13:49:00-08:00 [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d709a66be4ab69fc37ebf18be6b792016d62e976.002.3,2026-11-08T04:16:00-08:00

Locations

Location data

Coastal waters from Cape Blanco OR to Pt. St. George CA out 10 nm
Waters from Cape Blanco OR to Pt. St. George CA from 10 to 60 nm

Name	Value
SAME	057356
SAME	057376
UGC	PZZ356
UGC	PZZ376