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PUBLIC TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 3
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
446 AM PST WED NOV 15 2006

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

...A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WASHINGTON -
   BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA COASTAL AREAS FROM CAPE
   FLATTERY WASHINGTON TO SAND POINT ALASKA...

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 EVACUATE 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 IMPACTED BY THE TSUNAMI FOR AT LEAST
THREE HOURS. WATCH AREAS WILL EITHER BE UPGRADED TO WARNING STATUS
OR CANCELED.

AT 314 AM PACIFIC STANDARD TIME ON NOVEMBER 15 AN EARTHQUAKE WITH
PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE 8.1 OCCURRED 
NEAR THE KURIL ISLANDS RUSSIA.
THIS EARTHQUAKE MAY HAVE GENERATED A TSUNAMI. IF A TSUNAMI
HAS BEEN GENERATED THE WAVES WILL FIRST REACH
SHEMYA ALASKA AT 424 AM AKST ON NOVEMBER 15.
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
PREDICT. 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.

ADDITIONAL MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED EVERY HALF HOUR OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT. THIS TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH 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.
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