Scenario:  Cancellation of an Urgent Local Tsunami Warning that had 
been issued earlier for the entire State of Hawaii in response to a 
large earthquake off the Kona coast of the Big Island.


ZCZC 
WEHW40 PHEB 011050
TSUHWX

HIZ001>003-005>009-012>014-016>021-023>026-011250-
/X.CAN.PHEB.TS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/

BULLETIN
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER   3
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
1250 AM HST SUN FEB 01 2009

TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT - LOCAL TSUNAMI WARNING CANCELLATION

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY THE URGENT TSUNAMI WARNING IS CANCELLED.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

   ORIGIN TIME - 1230 AM HST 01 FEB 2009
   COORDINATES - 19.3 NORTH  156.0 WEST
   LOCATION    - OFF THE KONA COAST OF THE BIG ISLAND
   MAGNITUDE   - 7.7

MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY

 GAUGE LOCATION        LAT   LON    TIME        AMPL         PER
 -------------------  ----- ------  -----  ---------------  -----
 MILOLII HI           19.2N 155.9E  1046Z   0.03M /  0.1FT  05MIN

 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

 A DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI WAS NOT GENERATED BY THIS EVENT. HOWEVER...
 SOME COASTAL AREAS IN THE STATE OF HAWAII MAY EXPERIENCE SMALL
 NON-DESTRUCTIVE SEA LEVEL CHANGES AND STRONG OR UNUSUAL CURRENTS
 LASTING UP TO SEVERAL HOURS FROM NOW.

THIS TSUNAMI WARNING CANCELLATION DOES NOT MEAN IT IS NOW SAFE TO
RESUME NORMAL ACTIVITIES OR REENTER EVACUATED SHORELINE AREAS.
YOUR COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE AGENCY AND POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL MAKE
THIS DETERMINATION. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL BROADCAST STATION FOR
THE CIVIL DEFENSE -ALL CLEAR- ANNOUNCEMENT FOR YOUR AREA.

REPEAT -
DO NOT REENTER EVACUATED SHORELINE AREAS UNTIL ANNOUNCED BY YOUR
COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE AGENCY. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL BROADCAST
STATION FOR THE -ALL CLEAR- ANNOUNCEMENT FOR YOUR AREA. PLEASE
YIELD TO ROADBLOCKS AND UNIFORMED OFFICERS WHO ARE CONTROLLING
REENTRY INTO EVACUATED SHORELINE AREAS.

THIS WILL BE THE FINAL MESSAGE ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT.


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