Scenario:  Initial issuance of a Tsunami Warning to the entire
State of Hawaii following a large earthquake off the coast of
Chile.  This is an upgrade to a previous Tsunami Watch that
had been issued to the State of Hawaii for this event.


ZCZC 
WEHW40 PHEB 012150
TSUHWX

HIZ001>003-005>009-012>014-016>021-023>026-012350-
/X.CAN.PHEB.TS.A.0004.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/X.NEW.PHEB.TS.W.0003.090201T2150Z-000000T0000Z/

BULLETIN
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER   5
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
645 AM HST SUN FEB 01 2009

TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WARNING

A TSUNAMI WARNING IS ISSUED FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII EFFECTIVE AT
0645 AM HST.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

   ORIGIN TIME - 1230 AM HST 01 FEB 2009
   COORDINATES - 37.1 SOUTH   74.2 WEST
   LOCATION    - OFF COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE
   MAGNITUDE   - 8.9  MOMENT
   MAGNITUDE   - 8.4  RICHTER (MS)

MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY

 GAUGE LOCATION        LAT   LON    TIME        AMPL         PER
 -------------------  ----- ------  -----  ---------------  -----
 SAN ANTONIO CL       33.6S  71.6W  1130Z   2.37M /  7.7FT  16MIN
 VALPARAISO CL        33.0S  71.6W  1141Z   1.29M /  4.2FT  14MIN
 JUAN FERNANDEZ       33.6S  78.8W  1150Z   0.88M /  2.9FT  18MIN
 COQUIMBO CL          29.9S  71.4W  1210Z   0.51M /  1.7FT  15MIN
 CALDERA CL           27.1S  70.8W  1215Z   0.20M /  0.6FT  14MIN
 SAN FELIX CL         26.3S  80.1W  1226Z   0.14M /  0.4FT  18MIN
 ANTOFAGASTA CL       23.6S  70.4W  1244Z   0.09M /  0.3FT  17MIN
 IQUIQUE CL           20.2S  70.2W  1258Z   0.09M /  0.3FT  19MIN

 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 TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED THAT COULD CAUSE DAMAGE ALONG
 COASTLINES OF ALL ISLANDS IN THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION
 SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY.

 A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES. EACH INDIVIDUAL WAVE
 CREST CAN LAST 5 TO 15 MINUTES OR MORE AND EXTENSIVELY FLOOD
 COASTAL AREAS. THE DANGER CAN CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AFTER THE
 INITIAL WAVE AS SUBSEQUENT WAVES ARRIVE. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS
 CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST.
 TSUNAMI WAVES EFFICIENTLY WRAP AROUND ISLANDS. ALL SHORES ARE AT
 RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE. THE TROUGH OF A TSUNAMI
 WAVE MAY TEMPORARILY EXPOSE THE SEAFLOOR BUT THE AREA WILL
 QUICKLY FLOOD AGAIN. EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEARSHORE
 CURRENTS CAN ACCOMPANY A TSUNAMI. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED
 BY A TSUNAMI AMPLIFIES ITS DESTRUCTIVE POWER. SIMULTANEOUS HIGH
 TIDES OR HIGH SURF CAN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE TSUNAMI HAZARD.

 THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIME IN HAWAII OF THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS

                     0250 PM HST SUN 01 FEB 2009

MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.


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