WEPA41 PAAQ 150256
TSUWCA

TO      - TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM PARTICIPANTS IN
          ALASKA/BRITISH COLUMBIA/WASHINGTON/OREGON/CALIFORNIA
FROM    - WEST COAST AND ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WARNING BULLETIN - INITIAL
BULLETIN NUMBER 1
ISSUED 06/15/2005 AT 0256 UTC

...A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL AREAS
   FROM THE CALIFORNIA-MEXICO BORDER TO THE NORTH TIP OF
   VANCOUVER I.-BC. INCLUSIVE...

...A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL AREAS FROM
   THE NORTH TIP OF VANCOUVER I.-BC. TO SITKA-AK...

...AT THIS TIME THIS BULLETIN IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY FOR
   OTHER AREAS OF ALASKA...

EARTHQUAKE DATA
 PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE - 7.4
 LOCATION -  41.3N  125.7W -  90 MILES NW OF EUREKA-CA.
                             300 MILES NW OF SAN FRANCISCO-CA.
 TIME     - 1851 ADT 06/14/2005
            1951 PDT 06/14/2005
            0251 UTC 06/15/2005

EVALUATION
 IT IS NOT KNOWN - REPEAT NOT KNOWN - IF A TSUNAMI EXISTS BUT A
 TSUNAMI MAY HAVE BEEN GENERATED.  THEREFORE PERSONS IN LOW
 LYING COASTAL AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO INSTRUCTIONS FROM THEIR
 LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS. PERSONS ON THE BEACH SHOULD MOVE TO
 HIGHER GROUND IF IN A WARNED AREA. TSUNAMIS MAY BE A SERIES OF
 WAVES WHICH COULD BE DANGEROUS FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE 
 INITIAL WAVE ARRIVAL.

$$
PZZ130-131-133-134-132-135-150-153-156-110-250-210-255-350-
353-356-450-455-550-530-535-555-670-673-650-655-750-WAZ001-
002-005-006-007-008-009-010-011-013-014-015-016-021-ORZ001-
002-021-022-CAZ001-002-005-007-006-075-074-009-034-035-039-
040-046-041-042-043-150456-
COASTAL AREAS FROM THE CALIFORNIA-MEXICO BORDER TO THE
NORTH TIP OF VANCOUVER I.-BC. INCLUSIVE.

...A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL AREAS
   FROM THE CALIFORNIA-MEXICO BORDER TO THE NORTH TIP OF
   VANCOUVER I.-BC. INCLUSIVE...

ESTIMATED TIMES OF INITIAL WAVE ARRIVAL
CRESCENT CITY-CA 2029 PDT JUN 14   ASTORIA-OR       2154 PDT JUN 14
CHARLESTON-OR    2044 PDT JUN 14   TOFINO-BC        2157 PDT JUN 14
SAN FRANCISCO-CA 2123 PDT JUN 14   SAN PEDRO-CA     2200 PDT JUN 14
SEASIDE-OR       2126 PDT JUN 14   LA JOLLA-CA      2214 PDT JUN 14
NEAH BAY-WA      2148 PDT JUN 14
$$
PKZ032-031-042-034-033-035-041-036-AKZ023-024-025-026-028-
029-027-150456-
COASTAL AREAS FROM THE NORTH TIP OF VANCOUVER I.-BC. TO
SITKA-AK.

...A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL AREAS FROM
   THE NORTH TIP OF VANCOUVER I.-BC. TO SITKA-AK...

ESTIMATED TIMES OF INITIAL WAVE ARRIVAL
LANGARA-BC       2244 PDT JUN 14   KETCHIKAN-AK     2257 ADT JUN 14
SITKA-AK         2227 ADT JUN 14
$$
PKZ176-175-172-170-171-155-150-132-136-138-137-130-141-140-
120-121-129-127-125-126-128-052-051-053-022-012-043-013-
011-021-AKZ191-185-181-171-145-111-101-121-125-131-135-017-
020-018-019-021-022-150456-
COASTAL AREAS FROM SITKA-AK. TO ATTU-AK.

...TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NO - REPEAT NO - TSUNAMI WATCH OR WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
   THE COASTAL AREAS FROM SITKA-AK. TO ATTU-AK.

FOR INFORMATION ONLY - ESTIMATED TIMES OF INITIAL WAVE ARRIVAL
YAKUTAT-AK       2317 ADT JUN 14   CORDOVA-AK       0007 ADT JUN 15
KODIAK-AK        2332 ADT JUN 14   DUTCH HARBOR-AK  0013 ADT JUN 15
JUNEAU-AK        2334 ADT JUN 14   COLD BAY-AK      0034 ADT JUN 15
SEWARD-AK        2339 ADT JUN 14   ADAK-AK          0038 ADT JUN 15
VALDEZ-AK        2357 ADT JUN 14   HOMER-AK         0044 ADT JUN 15
SAND PT.-AK      2358 ADT JUN 14   SHEMYA-AK        0119 ADT JUN 15
$$

THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER AT EWA BEACH HAWAII WILL
ISSUE BULLETINS FOR OTHER AREAS OF THE PACIFIC.

BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT. THE TSUNAMI WATCH/WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. REFER TO THE INTERNET SITE
WCATWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV FOR MORE INFORMATION AND ETA SITES.