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TEST...TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER   3...TEST
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
901 AM HST TUE APR 01 2008

TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII
...FOR EXERCISE ONLY...

...THIS MESSAGE IS ONLY FOR AN EXERCISE...

SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WATCH SUPPLEMENT

A TSUNAMI WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

   ORIGIN TIME - 0806 AM HST 01 APR 2008
   COORDINATES - 51.7 NORTH  169.2 WEST
   LOCATION    - FOX ISLANDS  ALEUTIAN ISLANDS
   MAGNITUDE   - 8.2  MOMENT
   MAGNITUDE   - 7.9  RICHTER (MS)

NOTE REVISED MAGNITUDES

MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY

 GAUGE LOCATION        LAT   LON    TIME        AMPL         PER
 -------------------  ----- ------  -----  ---------------  -----
 DART AMUKTA 46408    49.6N 169.9W  1846Z   0.27M /  0.9FT  16MIN
 DART UNIMAK 46402    51.1N 164.0W  1855Z   0.10M /  0.3FT  15MIN

 LAT  - LATITUDE (N-NORTH, S-SOUTH)
 LON  - LONGITUDE (E-EAST, W-WEST)
 TIME - TIME OF THE MEASUREMENT (Z IS UTC IS GREENWICH TIME)
 AMPL - TSUNAMI AMPLITUDE MEASURED RELATIVE TO NORMAL SEA LEVEL.
        IT IS ...NOT... CREST-TO-TROUGH WAVE HEIGHT.
        VALUES ARE GIVEN IN BOTH METERS(M) AND FEET(FT).
 PER  - PERIOD OF TIME IN MINUTES(MIN) FROM ONE WAVE TO THE NEXT.

EVALUATION

 BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A TSUNAMI MAY HAVE BEEN GENERATED BY
 THIS EARTHQUAKE THAT COULD BE DESTRUCTIVE ON COASTAL AREAS EVEN
 FAR FROM THE EPICENTER. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY TO DETERMINE
 IF THERE IS A TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.

 IF TSUNAMI WAVES IMPACT HAWAII THE ESTIMATED EARLIEST ARRIVAL OF
 THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS

                     1215 PM HST TUE 01 APR 2008

MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

...REPEAT...THIS MESSAGE IS ONLY FOR AN EXERCISE...





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