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WEHW40 PHEB 151043
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TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER   2
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER HONOLULU HI
1243 AM HST SAT JAN 15 2022

TO - EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT - TSUNAMI ADVISORY

A TSUNAMI ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII EFFECTIVE
AT 1240 AM HST.

A VOLCANIC ERUPTION OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

   ORIGIN TIME - 0627 PM HST 14 JAN 2022
   COORDINATES - 20.5 SOUTH  175.4 WEST
   LOCATION    - TONGA

MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY

 GAUGE LOCATION        LAT   LON    TIME        AMPL         PER
 -------------------  ----- ------  -----  ---------------  -----
 HIENGHENE NEW CALED  20.7S 164.9E  0910Z   0.45M /  1.5FT  10MIN
 VANUATU              17.8S 168.3E  0924Z   1.41M /  4.6FT  20MIN
 RAROTONGA CK         21.2S 159.8W  0853Z   0.90M /  3.0FT  02MIN
 GREAT BARRIER IS NZ  36.2S 175.5E  0849Z   0.70M /  2.3FT  10MIN
 OWENGA CHATHAM NZ    44.0S 176.4W  0902Z   0.44M /  1.4FT  40MIN
 KINGSTON NORFOLK IS  29.1S 168.0E  0840Z   0.78M /  2.6FT  10MIN
 LUGANVILLE VU        15.5S 167.2E  0826Z   0.37M /  1.2FT  24MIN
 OUINNE NEW CALEDONI  22.0S 166.7E  0826Z   1.13M /  3.7FT  08MIN
 THIO NEW CALEDONIA   21.6S 166.2E  0819Z   0.57M /  1.9FT  20MIN
 LIFOU NEW CALEDONIA  20.9S 167.3E  0746Z   0.89M /  2.9FT  16MIN
 EAST CAPE NZ         37.6S 178.2E  0834Z   0.26M /  0.8FT  08MIN
 DART401002           29.7S 175.0W  0542Z   0.10M /  0.3FT  28MIN
 DART401001           36.0S 177.7W  0612Z   0.07M /  0.2FT  24MIN
 SUVA VITI LEVU FJ    18.1S 178.4E  0633Z   0.26M /  0.9FT  18MIN
 DART401003           23.4S 173.4W  0442Z   0.12M /  0.4FT  42MIN
 NUKUALOFA TO         21.1S 175.2W  0516Z   0.82M /  2.7FT  06MIN
 PAGO PAGO AS         14.3S 170.7W  0531Z   0.62M /  2.0FT  16MIN
 APIA UPOLU WS        13.8S 171.8W  0551Z   0.17M /  0.5FT  18MIN

 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.

 NOTE - DART MEASUREMENTS ARE FROM THE DEEP OCEAN AND THEY
        ARE GENERALLY MUCH SMALLER THAN WOULD BE COASTAL
         MEASUREMENTS AT SIMILAR LOCATIONS.

EVALUATION

 BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A MAJOR TSUNAMI IS NOT EXPECTED TO
 STRIKE THE STATE OF HAWAII. HOWEVER...SEA LEVEL CHANGES AND
 STRONG CURRENTS MAY OCCUR ALONG ALL COASTS THAT COULD BE A HAZARD
 TO SWIMMERS AND BOATERS AS WELL AS TO PERSONS NEAR THE SHORE AT
 BEACHES AND IN HARBORS AND MARINAS.  THE THREAT MAY CONTINUE FOR
 SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE ARRIVAL.

 THE ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL OF THE INITIAL WAVE IS

                     0105 AM HST SAT 15 JAN 2022

FURTHER MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS
WARRANT UNTIL THE THREAT TO HAWAII HAS PASSED.

$$