WEPA41 PAAQ 131025 TSUWCA BULLETIN TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 5 NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK 225 AM PST SUN JAN 13 2008 ...THIS MESSAGE IS FOR TEST PURPOSES TO SHOW AN EXAMPLE ADVISORY MESSAGE... ...A TEST TSUNAMI ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CALIFORNIA AND OREGON COASTAL AREAS FROM CAPE MENDOCINO CALIFORNIA TO CASCADE HEAD OREGON... ...A TEST TSUNAMI ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALASKA COASTAL AREAS FROM ADAK ALASKA TO ATTU ALASKA... ...THIS MESSAGE IS INFORMATION ONLY FOR U.S. AND CANADIAN PACIFIC COASTAL REGIONS NOT INCLUDED IN THE AREAS LISTED ABOVE... TSUNAMI ADVISORIES MEAN THAT A TSUNAMI CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG CURRENTS OR WAVES DANGEROUS TO PERSONS IN OR VERY NEAR THE WATER IS IMMINENT OR EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT WIDESPREAD INUNDATION IS NOT EXPECTED FOR AREAS UNDER AN ADVISORY. CURRENTS MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO SWIMMERS... BOATS... AND COASTAL STRUCTURES AND MAY CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE ARRIVAL. RECOMMENDED ACTIONS A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED WHICH COULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE WARNING AND/OR ADVISORY REGIONS LISTED IN THE HEADLINE. PERSONS IN LOW-LYING COASTAL AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO INSTRUCTIONS FROM THEIR LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS. EVACUATIONS ARE ONLY ORDERED BY EMERGENCY RESPONSE AGENCIES. - PERSONS IN TSUNAMI ADVISORY AREAS SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE WATER... OFF THE BEACH AND OUT OF HARBORS AND MARINAS. THIS MESSAGE IS BASED ON EARTHQUAKE DATA... OBSERVED TSUNAMI AMPLITUDES... HISTORICAL INFORMATION AND FORECAST MODELS. A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN OBSERVED AT THE FOLLOWING SITES LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL ------------------------ ----- ------ ------- ----------- SHEMYA - AK 52.7N 174.1E 1400UTC 0.9M/3.0FT 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 - 8.3 TIME - 0115 AKST JAN 13 2008 0215 PST JAN 13 2008 1015 UTC JAN 13 2008 LOCATION - 53.3 NORTH 159.8 EAST 280 MILES/451 KM SW OF BERING I. KOMANDORSKI 50 MILES/80 KM NE OF PETROPAVLOVSK KAMCHATKA DEPTH - 21 MILES/33 KM THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER IN EWA BEACH HAWAII WILL ISSUE MESSAGES FOR HAWAII AND OTHER AREAS OF THE PACIFIC OUTSIDE THE STATES AND PROVINCES LISTED ABOVE. MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED EVERY 30 MINUTES OR MORE FREQUENTLY IF THE SITUATION WARRANTS. THE TSUNAMI ALERT WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. REFER TO THE INTERNET SITE WCATWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV FOR MORE INFORMATION. PZZ450-356-353-350-255-CAZ001-ORZ022-002-021-131125- COASTAL AREAS FROM CAPE MENDOCINO CALIFORNIA TO CASCADE HEAD OREGON 225 AM PST SUN JAN 13 2008 ...A TEST TSUNAMI ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CALIFORNIA AND OREGON COASTAL AREAS FROM CAPE MENDOCINO CALIFORNIA TO CASCADE HEAD OREGON... TSUNAMI ADVISORIES MEAN THAT A TSUNAMI CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG CURRENTS OR WAVES DANGEROUS TO PERSONS IN OR VERY NEAR WATER IS IMMINENT OF EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT WIDESPREAD INUNDATION IS NOT EXPECTED FOR AREAS IN AN ADVISORY. TSUNAMIS ARE A SERIES OF WAVES POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SEVERAL HOURS AFTER INITIAL ARRIVAL TIME. ESTIMATED TIMES OF INITIAL WAVE ARRIVAL FOR SELECTED SITES IN THE WARNING ARE PROVIDED BELOW. CHARLESTON-OR 1000 PST JAN 13 CRESCENT CITY-CA 1008 PST JAN 13 FOR ARRIVAL TIMES AT ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS SEE WCATWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV $$ PKZ175-176-AKZ191-131125- COASTAL AREAS FROM ADAK ALASKA TO ATTU ALASKA 225 AM PST SUN JAN 13 2008 ...A TEST TSUNAMI ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALASKA COASTAL AREAS FROM ADAK ALASKA TO ATTU ALASKA... TSUNAMI ADVISORIES MEAN THAT A TSUNAMI CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG CURRENTS OR WAVES DANGEROUS TO PERSONS IN OR VERY NEAR WATER IS IMMINENT OF EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT WIDESPREAD INUNDATION IS NOT EXPECTED FOR AREAS IN AN ADVISORY. TSUNAMIS ARE A SERIES OF WAVES POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SEVERAL HOURS AFTER INITIAL ARRIVAL TIME. ESTIMATED TIMES OF INITIAL WAVE ARRIVAL FOR SELECTED SITES IN THE WARNING ARE PROVIDED BELOW. SHEMYA-AK 0255 AKST JAN 13 ADAK-AK 0356 AKST JAN 13 FOR ARRIVAL TIMES AT ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS SEE WCATWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. DO NOT TAKE ACTION BASED ON THIS TEST MESSAGE. $$