WEAK51 PAAQ 130850
TSUAK1

BULLETIN
PUBLIC TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 1
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1150 PM AKST SAT JAN 12 2008

...THIS MESSAGE IS FOR TEST PURPOSES TO SHOW AN EXAMPLE
   WEAK51 MESSAGE...

...A TEST TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT WHICH INCLUDES THE ALASKA
   COASTAL AREAS FROM KODIAK ALASKA TO ATTU ALASKA...

...A TEST TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CALIFORNIA - OREGON
   - WASHINGTON - BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA COASTAL AREAS
   FROM POINT REYES CALIFORNIA TO KODIAK ALASKA...

...THIS MESSAGE IS INFORMATION ONLY FOR U.S. AND CANADIAN
   PACIFIC COASTAL REGIONS NOT INCLUDED IN THE AREAS LISTED
   ABOVE...

A TSUNAMI WARNING MEANS... ALL COASTAL RESIDENTS IN THE WARNING
AREA WHO ARE NEAR THE BEACH OR IN LOW-LYING REGIONS SHOULD MOVE
IMMEDIATELY INLAND TO HIGHER GROUND AND AWAY FROM ALL HARBORS AND
INLETS INCLUDING THOSE SHELTERED DIRECTLY FROM THE SEA. THOSE
FEELING THE EARTH SHAKE... SEEING UNUSUAL WAVE ACTION... OR THE
WATER LEVEL RISING OR RECEDING MAY HAVE ONLY A FEW MINUTES BEFORE
THE TSUNAMI ARRIVAL AND SHOULD MOVE IMMEDIATELY. HOMES AND
SMALL BUILDINGS ARE NOT DESIGNED TO WITHSTAND TSUNAMI IMPACTS.
DO NOT STAY IN THESE STRUCTURES.

ALL RESIDENTS WITHIN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
INSTRUCTIONS BROADCAST FROM THEIR LOCAL CIVIL AUTHORITIES. THIS
TSUNAMI WARNING IS BASED SOLELY ON EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION - THE
TSUNAMI HAS NOT YET BEEN CONFIRMED.

A TSUNAMI WATCH MEANS... ALL COASTAL RESIDENTS IN THE WATCH AREA
SHOULD PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE EVACUATION. A TSUNAMI WATCH IS ISSUED
TO AREAS WHICH WILL NOT BE IMMEDIATELY IMPACTED BY THE TSUNAMI.
WATCH AREAS WILL EITHER BE UPGRADED TO WARNING OR ADVISORY STATUS
OR CANCELED.

AT 1145 PM ALASKAN STANDARD TIME ON JANUARY 12 AN EARTHQUAKE WITH
PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE 7.9 OCCURRED 45 MILES/72 KM NORTHWEST OF
ATKA VILLAGE ALASKA.
THIS EARTHQUAKE MAY HAVE GENERATED A TSUNAMI. IF A TSUNAMI
HAS BEEN GENERATED THE WAVES WILL FIRST REACH
ADAK ALASKA AT 009 AM AKST ON JANUARY 13.
ESTIMATED TSUNAMI ARRIVAL TIMES AND MAPS ALONG WITH SAFETY RULES
AND OTHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE WEB SITE
WCATWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV.

TSUNAMIS CAN BE DANGEROUS WAVES THAT ARE NOT SURVIVABLE. WAVE
HEIGHTS ARE AMPLIFIED BY IRREGULAR SHORELINE AND ARE DIFFICULT TO
FORECAST. TSUNAMIS OFTEN APPEAR AS A STRONG SURGE AND MAY BE
PRECEDED BY A RECEDING WATER LEVEL.  MARINERS IN WATER DEEPER
THAN 600 FEET SHOULD NOT BE AFFECTED BY A TSUNAMI. WAVE HEIGHTS
WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY AS WATER SHALLOWS. TSUNAMIS ARE A SERIES OF
OCEAN WAVES WHICH CAN BE DANGEROUS FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE
INITIAL WAVE ARRIVAL. DO NOT RETURN TO EVACUATED AREAS UNTIL AN
ALL CLEAR IS GIVEN BY LOCAL CIVIL AUTHORITIES.

THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER IN EWA BEACH HAWAII WILL ISSUE
MESSAGES FOR HAWAII AND OTHER AREAS OF THE PACIFIC OUTSIDE
CALIFORNIA/ OREGON/ WASHINGTON/ BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA.

MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED EVERY 30 MINUTES OR MORE FREQUENTLY IF
THE SITUATION WARRANTS. THE TSUNAMI ALERT WILL REMAIN
IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION STAY TUNED
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATIONS... OR SEE
THE WEB SITE WCATWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV.

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

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