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TEST...TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER   6 ...TEST
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
1207 PM HST WED MAR 28 2012

...THIS MESSAGE IS FOR TEST PURPOSES ONLY...

TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT - TEST TSUNAMI WARNING SUPPLEMENT

THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. A TSUNAMI WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR
THE STATE OF HAWAII.

THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE
PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

   ORIGIN TIME - 0800 AM HST 28 MAR 2012
   COORDINATES - 58.0 NORTH  150.5 WEST
   LOCATION    - GULF OF ALASKA
   MAGNITUDE   - 9.2  MOMENT
   MAGNITUDE   - 8.6  RICHTER (MS)

THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE
ACTIVITY

 GAUGE LOCATION        LAT   LON    TIME        AMPL         PER
 -------------------  ----- ------  -----  ---------------  -----
  KODIAK AK            57.8N 152.4W  1909Z   4.7M/15.5FT    28MIN
  YAKUTAT AK           59.5N 139.7W  1931Z   3.0M/ 9.9FT    25MIN
  SITKA AK             57.0N 135.3W  1935Z   4.3M/14.1FT    27MIN
  CORDOVA AK           60.5N 149.4W  1936Z   3.0M/10.0FT    22MIN
  SEWARD AK            60.1N 149.4W  1945Z   7.8M/25.6FT    26MIN
  SAND POINT AK        55.3N 160.5W  1957Z   0.7M/ 2.3FT    20MIN
  CHIGNIK BAY AK       56.4N 158.2W  2009Z   1.7M/ 5.5FT    23MIN
  KING COVE AK         55.1N 162.3W  2020Z   0.5M/ 1.6FT    25MIN
  DUTCH HARBOR AK      53.9N 166.5W  2058Z   0.2M/ 0.7FT    15MIN
  CRAIG AK             55.5N 133.1W  2037Z   3.1M/10.2FT    23MIN
  HOMER AK             59.6N 151.5W  2123Z   2.5M/ 8.5FT    20MIN
  ATKA AK              52.2N 174.2W  2141Z   0.4M/ 1.3FT    19MIN
  WESTPORT WA          46.9N 124.1W  2159Z   2.0M/ 6.5FT    22MIN

 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.

THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. 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

                     0112 PM HST WED 28 MAR 2012

MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. DO NOT TAKE ACTION BASED ON THIS MESSAGE
UNLESS YOU ARE PART OF THE EXERCISE.

$$