Small Craft Advisory
NWS Tallahassee FL ยท US
Details
Small Craft Advisory issued September 15 at 2:50PM EDT until September 17 at 5:00PM EDT by NWS Tallahassee FL
- Issued
- Onset
- Expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
East winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt expected.
Where
Offshore Gulf waters from the Walton-Okaloosa County line to the Ochlockonee River from 20 to 60 nautical miles out, Coastal waters from Mexico Beach to Okaloosa Walton County Line FL out 20 NM, Coastal waters from Mexico Beach to Apalachicola FL out 20 NM, and Coastal Waters From Ochlockonee River to Apalachicola Fl out to 20 Nm.
When
From 11 PM EDT /10 PM CDT/ this evening to 5 PM EDT /4 PM CDT/ Thursday.
Impacts
A Small Craft Advisory means that wind speeds of 20 to 33 knots, or seas of 7 feet or greater, are expected to produce hazardous conditions for small craft. These hazardous conditions may result in poor vessel handling and steering response, broaching, overturned dinghies and kayaks, slips and falls on slippery decks, rub damage along docks and seawalls, and dragging anchors.
Instructions
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
Affected areas
- Coastal waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Mexico Beach out 20 NM
- Coastal Waters from Mexico Beach to Apalachicola out 20 NM
- Coastal Waters From Ochlockonee River to Apalachicola FL out to 20 Nm
- Waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Mexico Beach from 20 to 60 NM
- Waters from Mexico Beach to Apalachicola FL from 20 to 60 NM
- Waters from Suwannee River to Apalachicola FL from 20 to 60 NM
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Tallahassee FL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2K6GDJ7NN46X5WHM0K54JT6
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e6335908f7b0cdd5866cf37fa10c6885607fa8f7.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Tallahassee FL
- AWIPS ID
- CAPTAE
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.1481
- WMO heading
- XOUS52
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 52
References
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.0fd5d8d3bfb5bc146e22c25a5e79c9f6d0fca528.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | SCY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | MWWTAE |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS72 KTAE 151850 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM EDT /10 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING TO 5 PM EDT /4 PM CDT/ THURSDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KTAE.SC.Y.0026.260916T0300Z-260917T2100Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-17T17:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Coastal waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Mexico Beach out 20 NM
- Coastal Waters from Mexico Beach to Apalachicola out 20 NM
- Coastal Waters From Ochlockonee River to Apalachicola FL out to 20 Nm
- Waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Mexico Beach from 20 to 60 NM
- Waters from Mexico Beach to Apalachicola FL from 20 to 60 NM
- Waters from Suwannee River to Apalachicola FL from 20 to 60 NM
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 077751 |
| SAME | 077752 |
| SAME | 077755 |
| SAME | 077770 |
| SAME | 077772 |
| SAME | 077775 |
| UGC | GMZ751 |
| UGC | GMZ752 |
| UGC | GMZ755 |
| UGC | GMZ770 |
| UGC | GMZ772 |
| UGC | GMZ775 |