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WEHW40 PHEB 281830
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HIZ001>003-005>009-012>014-016>021-023>026-282030-
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TEST...TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER   2 ...TEST
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
830 AM HST WED MAR 28 2012

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

TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT - TEST TSUNAMI WARNING

THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. A TSUNAMI WARNING IS ISSUED FOR THE STATE
OF HAWAII EFFECTIVE AT 0830 AM HST.

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

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.

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