Saturday, February 27, 2010

WCATWC Cancellation Message - TW

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BULLETIN
PUBLIC TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 25
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1113 PM PST SAT FEB 27 2010

...THE TSUNAMI ADVISORY IS CANCELED FOR THE COASTAL AREAS
OF ALASKA FROM SAND POINT ALASKA TO ATTU ALASKA...

A DAMAGING TSUNAMI IS NOT EXPECTED ALONG THE COASTS OF THE U.S.
WEST COAST STATES - ALASKA AND BRITISH COLUMBIA. HOWEVER SOME OF
THESE AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE NON-DAMAGING SEA LEVEL CHANGES. AS
LOCAL CONDITIONS CAN CAUSE A WIDE VARIATION IN TSUNAMI IMPACT THE
ALL CLEAR DETERMINATIONS MUST BE MADE BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES.

A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN OBSERVED AT THE FOLLOWING SITES

LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL
------------------------ ----- ------ ------- -----------
ADAK AK 51.9N 176.6W 0440UTC 0.38M/1.2FT
ALITAK AK 56.8N 154.3W 0516UTC 0.24M/0.8FT
DUTCH HARBOR AK 53.9N 166.5W 0313UTC 0.21M/0.7FT
KING COVE AK 55.1N 162.3W 0230UTC 0.62M/2.0FT
KODIAK AK 57.7N 152.5W 0221UTC 0.44M/1.4FT
SAND POINT AK 55.3N 160.5W 0409UTC 0.40M/1.3FT
SEWARD AK 60.1N 149.4W 0143UTC 0.38M/1.3FT
SHEMYA AK 52.7N 174.1E 0519UTC 0.27M/0.9FT
SITKA AK 57.1N 135.3W 0223UTC 0.21M/0.7FT
ATKA AK 52.1N 174.4W 0417UTC 0.40M/1.3FT

TIME - TIME OF MEASUREMENT
AMPL - TSUNAMI AMPLITUDES ARE MEASURED RELATIVE TO NORMAL SEA LEVEL.
IT IS ...NOT... CREST-TO-TROUGH WAVE HEIGHT.
VALUES ARE GIVEN IN BOTH METERS(M) AND FEET(FT).

AT 1034 PM PACIFIC STANDARD TIME ON FEBRUARY 26 AN EARTHQUAKE WITH
PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE 8.8 OCCURRED
NEAR THE COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE.

THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER IN EWA BEACH HAWAII IS
CONTINUING ITS WARNING FOR AREAS OF THE PACIFIC OUTSIDE CALIFORNIA/
OREGON/ WASHINGTON/ BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA.
THIS WILL BE THE LAST WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING
CENTER MESSAGE ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS CONDITIONS WARRANT
FURTHER INFORMATION.

TO REPEAT - NO TSUNAMI WARNING... NO WATCH AND NO ADVISORY IS IN
EFFECT FOR THE U.S. WEST COAST STATES - ALASKA AND BRITISH COLUMBIA.
SEE THE WEB SITE WCATWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV FOR BASIC TSUNAMI
INFORMATION... SAFETY RULES AND TSUNAMI TRAVEL TIMES.

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