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- WEAK51 PAAQ 280334
- TSUAK1
- BULLETIN
- PUBLIC TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 2
- NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
- 834 PM PDT SAT OCT 27 2012
- THE MAGNITUDE IS UPDATED TO 7.7. THE WARNING ZONE REMAINS THE
- SAME.
- ...THE TSUNAMI WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL
- AREAS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA FROM THE NORTH TIP OF
- VANCOUVER ISLAND BRITISH COLUMBIA TO CAPE DECISION
- ALASKA/LOCATED 85 MILES SE OF SITKA/...
- ...THIS MESSAGE IS INFORMATION ONLY FOR COASTAL AREAS OF
- CALIFORNIA - OREGON - WASHINGTON AND BRITISH COLUMBIA FROM
- THE CALIFORNIA-MEXICO BORDER TO THE NORTH TIP OF VANCOUVER
- ISLAND BRITISH COLUMBIA...
- ...THIS MESSAGE IS INFORMATION ONLY FOR COASTAL AREAS OF
- ALASKA FROM CAPE DECISION ALASKA/LOCATED 85 MILES SE OF
- SITKA/ TO ATTU 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 MOVE 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.
- EARTHQUAKES OF THIS SIZE ARE KNOWN TO GENERATE TSUNAMIS.
- AT 804 PM PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME ON OCTOBER 27 AN EARTHQUAKE WITH
- PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE 7.7 OCCURRED 25 MILES/40 KM SOUTH OF
- SANDSPIT BRITISH COLUMBIA.
- EARTHQUAKES OF THIS SIZE ARE KNOWN TO GENERATE TSUNAMIS.
- IF A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED THE WAVES WILL FIRST REACH
- LANGARA ISLAND BRITISH COLUMBIA AT 916 PM PDT ON OCTOBER 27.
- 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
- FORECAST. 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.
- PACIFIC COASTAL REGIONS OUTSIDE CALIFORNIA/ OREGON/ WASHINGTON/
- BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA SHOULD REFER TO THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI
- WARNING CENTER MESSAGES FOR INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT AT
- PTWC.WEATHER.GOV.
- THIS MESSAGE WILL BE UPDATED IN 30 MINUTES OR SOONER IF
- THE SITUATION WARRANTS. THE TSUNAMI MESSAGE 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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