Tsunami Watch/Warning Issued by NWS
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TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 6
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER HONOLULU HI
532 AM HST SAT JAN 15 2022
TO - EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN THE STATE OF HAWAII
SUBJECT - TSUNAMI ADVISORY SUPPLEMENT
A TSUNAMI ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII.
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
TSUNAMI WAVE AMPLITUDES ACROSS THE STATE OF HAWAII ARE NOW
DIMINISHING BUT THEY REMAIN A HAZARD AT THE ADVISORY LEVEL.
GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER
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HANALEI HI 22.2N 159.5W 1233Z 0.82M / 2.7FT 14MIN
KAHULUI MAUI 20.9N 156.5W 1228Z 0.83M / 2.7FT 20MIN
KAWAIHAE HAWAII 20.0N 155.8W 1132Z 0.37M / 1.2FT 10MIN
HONOKOHAU HI 19.7N 156.0W 1145Z 0.34M / 1.1FT 10MIN
HALEIWA HI 21.6N 158.1W 1138Z 0.70M / 2.3FT 10MIN
HONOLULU OAHU 21.3N 157.9W 1112Z 0.12M / 0.4FT 14MIN
BARBERS PT HI 21.3N 158.1W 1135Z 0.19M / 0.6FT 04MIN
MAKAI PIER WAIMANAL 21.3N 157.7W 1128Z 0.28M / 0.9FT 10MIN
HILO HAWAII 19.7N 155.1W 0929Z 0.10M / 0.3FT 16MIN
NAWILIWILI KAUAI 22.0N 159.4W 1057Z 0.31M / 1.0FT 12MIN
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
TSUNAMI WAVES THAT CAN BE A HAZARD TO SWIMMERS AND BOATERS AS
WELL AS TO PERSONS NEAR THE SHORE AT BEACHES AND IN HARBORS AND
MARINAS ARE NOW AFFECTING THE STATE OF HAWAII. THIS HAZARD COULD
CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS. THE SITUATION IS BEING MONITORED
CLOSELY AND THE ADVISORY WILL END WHEN THE HAZARD HAS PASSED.
FURTHER MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS
WARRANT UNTIL THE THREAT TO HAWAII HAS PASSED.
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