Alert: New Small Craft Advisory issued November 5 at 10:21AM EST expiring November 6 at 6:00PM EST by NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC

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Event: Tornado Watch
Sender Name: NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC
Issued: 2014-11-17T17:20:54-05:00
Expires: 2014-11-17T18:20:54-05:00
WEA Text: This is a Test TOR Alert.
Description: * WINDS…18 TO 33 KNOTS WITHIN THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY.
Instruction: A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 18 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS…ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

Link to more Info: http://www.weather.gov
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
Categories: Met,
Area Description: Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River; Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA; Patuxent River to Broomes Island MD; Chesapeake Bay from Sandy Point to North Beach MD; Chesapeake Bay from North Beach to Drum Point MD; Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island MD to Smith Point VA; Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island; Eastern Bay

Message Identifier: UAT_307_Chan20141017172054
CAP MessageType: Alert
Added note: – IPAWS Test