# Small Craft Advisory: Columbia River Bar — retained record

> Retained us-gov-api record from us-gov-api:noaa-weather.

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-10-26 13:07 ingested 2026-10-27 02:53

[original source ↗](https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ff1243cc5491c005898cb82edff2eabc736b4ee1.001.2)

## retained text



```
Small Craft Advisory — Columbia River Bar
Severity: Minor. Certainty: Likely.
* WHAT...Rough bar conditions expected. For the first Small Craft
Advisory, a very strong ebb current will lead to steep seas. For
the second Small Craft Advisory, seas 6 to 9 ft at 9 seconds
and west winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt.

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

* WHEN...Small Craft Advisory, from 3 PM Today to 7 PM PDT this
evening. Small Craft Advisory, from 5 PM Tuesday to 11 AM PDT
Wednesday.

* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft,
especially when operating near to, or attempting to cross, the
Columbia River Bar.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Very strong ebb current of 6.8 kt at 522 PM
Monday. Seas 7 ft. Ebb current of 4.08 kt at 548 AM Tuesday.
Seas 4 ft. Very strong ebb current of 6.98 kt at 601 PM Tuesday. Seas
9 ft.
```



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