WEPA41 PAAQ 312025
TSUWCA

BULLETIN
TEST...TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 4...TEST
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1225 PM PST SAT JAN 31 2009

...THIS MESSAGE IS FOR TEST PURPOSES TO SHOW AN EXAMPLE
   WEPA41 MESSAGE WITH VTEC...

...THE TEST TSUNAMI ADVISORY IS CANCELED FOR THE COASTAL AREAS
   OF CALIFORNIA AND OREGON FROM POINT CONCEPCION CALIFORNIA
   TO CAPE BLANCO OREGON...

...THE TEST TSUNAMI ADVISORY IS CANCELED FOR THE COASTAL AREAS
   OF ALASKA FROM DUTCH HARBOR ALASKA TO ATTU ALASKA...

EVALUATION
 NO DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI THREAT EXISTS FOR ALASKA/ BRITISH COLUMBIA/
 WASHINGTON/ OREGON OR CALIFORNIA. HOWEVER SOME AREAS MAY
 EXPERIENCE NON-DAMAGING SEA LEVEL CHANGES. AS LOCAL CONDITIONS
 CAN CAUSE A WIDE VARIATION IN TSUNAMI WAVE ACTION THE ALL
 CLEAR DETERMINATIONS MUST BE MADE BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES.

A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN OBSERVED AT THE FOLLOWING SITES

 LOCATION                   LAT    LON     TIME        AMPL
 ------------------------  -----  ------  -------     -----------
 SHEMYA  AK                52.7N  174.1E  2015UTC     0.80M/2.4FT

TIME - TIME OF MEASUREMENT
AMPL - TSUNAMI AMPLITUDES ARE MEASURED RELATIVE TO NORMAL SEA LEVEL.
       IT IS ...NOT... CREST-TO-TROUGH WAVE HEIGHT.
       VALUES ARE GIVEN IN BOTH METERS(M) AND FEET(FT).

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
 MAGNITUDE - 8.2
 TIME      - 1100 AKST JAN 31 2009
             1200  PST JAN 31 2009
             2000  UTC JAN 31 2009
 LOCATION  - 55.0 NORTH 166.0 EAST
               0 MILES/0 KM SE OF BERING I. KOMANDORSKI
             330 MILES/531 KM NE OF PETROPAVLOVSK KAMCHATKA
 DEPTH     - 6 MILES/10 KM

THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER IN EWA BEACH HAWAII WILL ISSUE
A FINAL MESSAGE.

THIS WILL BE THE LAST WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING
CENTER MESSAGE ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT.
THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED AT WCATWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV.

PZZ670-565-535-530-545-560-455-540-450-356-CAZ034-035-515-
006-506-508-509-514-505-002-001-ORZ022-312225-
/X.CAN.PAAQ.TS.Y.0064.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL AREAS BETWEEN AND INCLUDING POINT CONCEPCION
CALIFORNIA TO CAPE BLANCO OREGON
1225 PM PST SAT JAN 31 2009

...THE TEST TSUNAMI ADVISORY IS CANCELED FOR THE COASTAL AREAS
   OF CALIFORNIA AND OREGON FROM POINT CONCEPCION CALIFORNIA
   TO CAPE BLANCO OREGON...

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PKZ170-171-172-175-176-AKZ185-187-191-312225-
/X.CAN.PAAQ.TS.Y.0064.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL AREAS BETWEEN AND INCLUDING DUTCH HARBOR ALASKA TO
ATTU ALASKA
1225 PM PST SAT JAN 31 2009

...THE TEST TSUNAMI ADVISORY IS CANCELED FOR THE COASTAL AREAS
   OF ALASKA FROM DUTCH HARBOR ALASKA TO ATTU ALASKA...

THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. DO NOT TAKE ACTION BASED ON THIS TEST
MESSAGE.

$$