# 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 2026-07-15 12:18 ingested 2026-07-16 08:18

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

## extract

Small Craft Advisory — Columbia River Bar
Severity: Minor. Certainty: Likely.
* WHAT...Rough bar conditions expected due to very strong ebb.

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

* WHEN...From 4 AM to 10 AM PDT Thursday.

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

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Ebb current of 4.08 kt at 630 PM Wednesday.
Seas 3 to 4 ft. Very strong ebb current of 6.81 kt at 639 AM
Thursday. Seas 6 to 7 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The historical document was shared with another weather alert and cannot be attributed to this record.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.