# Small Craft Advisory: Columbia River Bar — retained record

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-08-31 13:30 ingested 2026-09-01 02:47

[original source ↗](http://www.weather.gov/)

## extract

Small Craft Advisory — Columbia River Bar
Severity: Minor. Certainty: Likely.
* WHAT...For the Small Craft Advisory, Rough bar conditions
expected. Northwest winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt.
For the Gale Watch, seas 9 to 12 ft at 11 seconds and south
winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts up to 40 kt possible.

* WHERE...In the Main Channel of the Columbia River Bar.

* WHEN...Small Craft Advisory, until 8 PM PDT this evening. Gale
Watch, from Tuesday evening through Wednesday evening.

* IMPACTS...Strong winds can cause hazardous seas which could
capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Ebb current of 5.46 kt at 729 PM Monday.
Seas 4 to 5 ft. Ebb current of 4.19 kt at 741 AM Tuesday. Seas 4
ft. Ebb current of 5.49 kt at 811 PM Tuesday. Seas 5 to 6 ft.

## retained text

The historical document was shared with another weather alert and cannot be attributed to this record. The original extract is preserved above; the exact alert link was not retained.