US West Coast Tsunami Warnings Live Test


Posted on September 10, 2006  /  1 Comments

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO CONDUCT LIMITED TSUNAMI WARNING COMMUNICATIONS TEST ALONG U.S. WEST COAST

NOAA’s National Weather Service will conduct a limited communications test of the Tsunami Warning System in the coastal areas of California, Oregon, and Washington on Wednesday, September 13, between 10:45 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time.

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NEW STUDY CONFIRMS LOW TSUNAMI RISK AT PEARL HARBOR

“The study shows that none of the historic tsunamis, nor any of the 18 modeled scenario events – based on magnitude 9.3 earthquakes – caused inundation at the proposed location of the NOAA facility,” said Eddie Bernard, director of NOAA’s Pacific Marine Environment Lab, which operates the research center. “The models indicate that the greatest rise in water levels at Ford Island would be less than five feet above mean high water level. The NOAA building site is located at 10 feet above mean high water level.”

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  1. THIS MESSAGE IS IN EFFECT FOR THE TSUNAMI CONTACT POINTS OF
    THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES IN THE INDIAN OCEAN.

    AUSTRALIA MOZAMBIQUE
    BANGLADESH MYANMAR
    COMOROS OMAN
    EAST TIMOR PAKISTAN
    FRANCE SEYCHELLES
    INDIA SINGAPORE
    INDONESIA SRI LANKA
    IRAN SOUTH AFRICA
    KENYA TANZANIA
    MADAGASCAR THAILAND
    MALAYSIA UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
    MALDIVES UNITED KINGDOM
    MAURITIUS YEMEN

    — ALL OTHERS PLEASE DISREGARD —

    TSUNAMI WATCH INFORMATION TEST
    ISSUED BY THE JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY (JMA)
    ISSUED AT 0500 13 SEP 2006 (UTC)

    THIS IS A COMMUNICATION TEST.

    TEST MESSAGE IS FORWARDED TO EACH TWI FOCAL POINT IN ORDER TO
    EXAMINE THE COMMUNICATION.