Saturday, March 12, 2011

WCATWC Tsunami Watch - TW

Web message at http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/2011/03/11/lhvpd9/35/messagelhvpd9-35.htm

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BULLETIN
PUBLIC TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 35
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
810 AM PST SAT MAR 12 2011

...THE TSUNAMI ADVISORY IS CANCELED FOR THE COASTAL AREAS
OF CALIFORNIA FROM ALAMITOS BAY CALIFORNIA/20 MILES SE OF
L.A./ TO THE OREGON-CALIFORNIA BORDER...

DAMAGING TSUNAMIS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE U.S. WEST
COAST STATES - ALASKA AND BRITISH COLUMBIA. AS
LOCAL CONDITIONS CAN CAUSE A WIDE VARIATION IN TSUNAMI IMPACT
THE ALL CLEAR DETERMINATIONS MUST BE MADE BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES.

TSUNAMI AMPLITUDES HAVE DROPPED BELOW DANGEROUS LEVELS AT MOST
LOCATIONS ALONG THE U.S. WEST COAST - ALASKA AND CANADA. SEA
LEVEL CONDITIONS STILL VARY GREATLY FROM LOCATION TO LOCATION
ALONG THE COAST. DECISIONS RELATING TO REOCCUPATION OF COASTAL
ZONES MUST BE MADE BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES.

MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI ACTIVITY

LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL
------------------------ ----- ------ ------- -----------
ADAK AK 51.9N 176.6W 1755UTC 03.6FT/01.09M
KODIAK AK 57.7N 152.5W 2211UTC 00.9FT/00.28M
LOS ANGELES CA 33.7N 118.3W 2115UTC 01.7FT/00.51M
SAN DIEGO CA 32.7N 117.2W 2131UTC 01.7FT/00.51M
LA JOLLA CA 32.9N 117.3W 2007UTC 01.4FT/00.43M
WESTPORT WA 46.9N 124.1W 1920UTC 02.0FT/00.62M
ST PAUL IS. AK 57.1N 170.3W 1228UTC 02.1FT/00.65M
OLD HARBOR AK 57.2N 153.3W 2154UTC 01.1FT/00.33M
DUTCH HARBOR AK 53.9N 166.5W 2256UTC 01.7FT/00.53M
SHEMYA AK 52.7N 174.1E 1136UTC 05.2FT/01.58M
ARENA COVE CA 38.9N 123.7W 1834UTC 08.7FT/02.65M
CRESCENT CITY CA 41.7N 124.2W 1656UTC 08.2FT/02.49M
SAN FRANCISCO CA 37.8N 122.5W 1749UTC 02.1FT/00.64M
MONTEREY HARBOR CA 36.6N 121.9W 2013UTC 02.4FT/00.72M
NORTH SPIT CA 40.8N 124.2W 1639UTC 03.3FT/01.01M
PORT SAN LUIS CA 35.2N 120.8W 1745UTC 08.6FT/02.64M
SANTA BARBARA CA 34.4N 119.7W 2229UTC 03.2FT/00.97M
SANTA MONICA CA 34.0N 118.5W 2223UTC 02.8FT/00.84M

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).

NO NEW UPDATE.

AT 946 PM PACIFIC STANDARD TIME ON MARCH 10 AN EARTHQUAKE WITH
PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE 8.9 OCCURRED
NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU JAPAN.

PACIFIC COASTAL REGIONS OUTSIDE CALIFORNIA/ OREGON/ WASHINGTON/
BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA SHOULD REFER TO THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI
WARNING CENTER MESSAGES FOR INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PTWC.

THIS WILL BE THE LAST WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER
MESSAGE ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT.
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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