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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 3
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER HONOLULU HI
736 PM SST FRI JAN 14 2022

...A TSUNAMI WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR AMERICAN SAMOA...

IN THIS MESSAGE ARE REVISED ALERTS.


AUDIENCE
--------
EMERGENCY MANAGERS... MEDIA... GENERAL PUBLIC


EVALUATION
----------

  * A VOLCANO ERUPTION OCCURRED IN
    THE TONGA ISLANDS AROUND 527 PM SST ON FRIDAY JANUARY 14 2022.

  * A HAZARDOUS TSUNAMI MAY HAVE BEEN GENERATED BY THIS NEARBY
    VOLCANO THAT COULD SOON IMPACT NEARBY COASTS.

  * MONITORING IS UNDERWAY TO EVALUATE THE TSUNAMI THREAT.

  * CURRENT OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT TSUNAMI IMPACTS IN
    AMERICAN SAMOA ARE GREATER THAN HAD BEEN FORECAST. THERE IS
    NOW THE THREAT OF HAZARDOUS TSUNAMI WAVES FLOODING LOW-LYING
    COASTAL AREAS OF AMERICAN SAMOA.


RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
-------------------

  * PERSONS LOCATED IN LOW-LYING AREAS ALONG COASTS OF ALL OF
    AMERICAN SAMOA SHOULD MOVE IMMEDIATELY INLAND OR TO HIGH
    GROUND OR TO THE FOURTH FLOOR AND ABOVE IN A STEEL OR
    CONCRETE BUILDING.

  * DO NOT RETURN TO EVACUATED AREAS UNTIL THE ALL CLEAR IS GIVEN
    BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES.

  * DO NOT RETURN TO EVACUATED AREAS UNTIL THE ALL CLEAR IS GIVEN
    BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES.

  * PERSONS NEAR THE COAST SHOULD MOVE IMMEDIATELY INLAND OR TO
    HIGH GROUND OR TO THE FOURTH FLOOR AND ABOVE IN A CONCRETE
    BUILDING OF SIX STORIES OR MORE.

  * STAY ALERT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS FROM
    AMERICAN SAMOA CIVIL DEFENSE AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
    AGENCIES REGARDING THE TSUNAMI EMERGENCY.

  * DO NOT RETURN TO EVACUATED AREAS UNTIL THE ALL CLEAR IS GIVEN
    BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES.


ESTIMATED TIMES OF ARRIVAL
--------------------------

  * ESTIMATED TIMES OF ARRIVAL -ETA- OF THE INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE
    ARE GIVEN BELOW. ACTUAL ARRIVAL TIMES MAY DIFFER AND THE
    INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES
    OF WAVES AND THE TIME BETWEEN WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO
    ONE HOUR.

    LOCATION            REGION    COORDINATES      ETA(SST)
    ----------------------------------------------------------
    TAFUNA              TUTUILA   14.3S 170.7W    648 PM 01/14
    LEONE               TUTUILA   14.3S 170.8W    648 PM 01/14
    FAGAMALO            TUTUILA   14.3S 170.8W    648 PM 01/14
    AMANAVE             TUTUILA   14.3S 170.8W    648 PM 01/14
    FAGASA              TUTUILA   14.3S 170.7W    650 PM 01/14
    VATIA               TUTUILA   14.2S 170.7W    652 PM 01/14
    PAGO PAGO           TUTUILA   14.3S 170.7W    652 PM 01/14
    AUMI                TUTUILA   14.3S 170.7W    652 PM 01/14
    AUNUU ISLAND        AUNUU     14.3S 170.6W    653 PM 01/14
    TULA                TUTUILA   14.3S 170.6W    655 PM 01/14
    MASEFAU             TUTUILA   14.3S 170.6W    655 PM 01/14
    PAGAI               TUTUILA   14.3S 170.6W    655 PM 01/14
    OFU ISLAND          MANUA     14.2S 169.7W    656 PM 01/14
    OLESEGA ISLAND      MANUA     14.2S 169.6W    656 PM 01/14
    TAU ISLAND          MANUA     14.3S 169.5W    656 PM 01/14
    SWAINS ISLAND       SWAINS    11.1S 171.1W    716 PM 01/14


TSUNAMI OBSERVATIONS
--------------------

  * THE FOLLOWING ARE TSUNAMI WAVE OBSERVATIONS FROM COASTAL
    AND/OR DEEP-OCEAN SEA LEVEL GAUGES AT THE INDICATED
    LOCATIONS. THE MAXIMUM TSUNAMI HEIGHT IS MEASURED WITH
    RESPECT TO THE TIDE LEVEL.

                            GAUGE      TIME OF   MAXIMUM     WAVE
                         COORDINATES   MEASURE   TSUNAMI   PERIOD
    GAUGE LOCATION        LAT   LON     (SST)     HEIGHT    (MIN)
    -------------------------------------------------------------
    DART 01003           23.4S 173.4W   542 PM   0.4FT/ 0.1M  42
    NUKUALOFA TO         21.1S 175.2W   616 PM   2.7FT/ 0.8M  06
    PAGO PAGO AS         14.3S 170.7W   631 PM   2.0FT/ 0.6M  16
    APIA UPOLU WS        13.8S 171.8W   651 PM   0.5FT/ 0.2M  18


POTENTIAL IMPACTS
-----------------

  * SEA LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS THAT ARE 3 FEET OR MORE ABOVE AND
    BELOW THE TIDE LEVEL ALONG SOME OR ALL COASTS.

  * REPEATED FLOODING AND DRAINING OF LOW-LYING COASTAL AREAS.

  * DESTRUCTION OF SMALLER COASTAL STRUCTURES.

  * RAPIDLY FLOWING FLOOD WATER FILLED WITH HAZARDOUS DEBRIS.

  * SECONDARY HAZARDS THAT MAY INCLUDE DOWNED POWER LINES...
    FIRES... AND HAZARDOUS MATERIAL SPILLS.

  * THE HAZARD BEGAN AROUND 648 PM SST ON FRIDAY JANUARY 14 AND
    IT CAN PERSIST FOR MANY HOURS OR LONGER.


PRELIMINARY ERUPTION PARAMETERS
-------------------------------

  * ORIGIN TIME    527 PM SST JAN 14 2022
  * COORDINATES    20.5 SOUTH  175.4 WEST


NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
--------------------------------------

  * THE NEXT MESSAGE WILL BE ISSUED IN ONE HOUR... OR
    SOONER IF THE SITUATION WARRANTS.

  * FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT MAY BE FOUND ON THE
    INTERNET AT WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV.


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