ZCZC WEPA40 PHEB 092322 TSUPAC TEST...TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 1...TEST NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER HONOLULU HI 2325 UTC WED NOV 9 2022 ...THIS MESSAGE IS FOR TEST PURPOSES ONLY... ...TEST PTWC TSUNAMI THREAT MESSAGE TEST... **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE ***** THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. THIS MESSAGE IS ISSUED FOR INFORMATION ONLY IN SUPPORT OF THE UNESCO/IOC PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING AND MITIGATION SYSTEM AND IS MEANT FOR NATIONAL AUTHORITIES IN EACH COUNTRY OF THAT SYSTEM. THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. NATIONAL AUTHORITIES WILL DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF ALERT FOR EACH COUNTRY AND MAY ISSUE ADDITIONAL OR MORE REFINED INFORMATION. **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE ***** -------------------------------------------------------------- TEST... VOLCANIC ACTIVITY IN TONGA GENERATED A TSUNAMI ...TEST -------------------------------------------------------------- TEST... PRELIMINARY VOLCANO PARAMETERS ...TEST ------------------------------------------- * ACTIVITY TIME 2300 UTC NOV 9 2022 * COORDINATES 20.5 SOUTH 175.4 WEST * LOCATION TONGA TEST... EVALUATION ...TEST -------------------------- * THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. VOLCANIC ACTIVITY OCCURRED IN THE TONGA ISLANDS AT 2300 UTC ON WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 9 2022. TEST... TSUNAMI THREAT FORECAST ...TEST --------------------------------------- * THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. HAZARDOUS TSUNAMI WAVES FROM THIS VOLCANIC ACTIVITY ARE POSSIBLE ALONG SOME COASTS OF TONGA... NIUE... FIJI... WALLIS AND FUTUNA... AMERICAN SAMOA... SAMOA... KERMADEC ISLANDS... TOKELAU... COOK ISLANDS... VANUATU... TUVALU... NEW ZEALAND... KIRIBATI AND HOWLAND AND BAKER * THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. BASED UPON THE INITIAL OBSERVATIONS... THIS TSUNAMI IS FORECAST TO BE ABOUT 0.7 TIMES THE SIZE OF THE JANUARY 15 2022 TSUNAMI FROM THE SAME VOLCANO IN TONGA. * THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. THE FOLLOWING ARE FORECAST MAXIMUM TSUNAMI HEIGHTS RELATIVE TO NORMAL SEA LEVEL AT COASTAL GAUGES WITHIN CURRENT THREAT AREA. THE FORECAST FOR EACH GAUGE IS BASED UPON SCALING THE MAXIMUM TSUNAMI HEIGHT MEASURED ON THAT GAUGE FOR THE JANUARY 15 2022 TSUNAMI USING THE SCALE FACTOR GIVEN ABOVE. TSUNAMI WAVES ALONG OTHER COASTS IN THE REGION OF EACH GAUGE MAY BE LARGER OR SMALLER THAN AT THE GAUGE. A SIMILAR SCALING OF ANY KNOWN JANUARY 15 IMPACTS ALONG THOSE COASTS CAN BE USED AS A GUIDE. COORDINATES FIRST WAVE FORECAST MAX GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON ETA (UTC) TSUNAMI HEIGHT ------------------------------------------------------------- NUKUALOFA TO 21.1S 175.2W 11/09 2317 0.55M/ 1.80FT DART 5401003 23.4S 173.4W 11/09 2343 0.14M/ 0.46FT SUVA VITI LEVU FJ 18.1S 178.4E 11/10 0022 0.17M/ 0.57FT DART 5401002 29.7S 175.0W 11/10 0025 0.07M/ 0.22FT PAGO PAGO AS 14.3S 170.7W 11/10 0025 0.42M/ 1.36FT APIA UPOLU WS 13.8S 171.8W 11/10 0034 0.11M/ 0.37FT DART 5401001 36.0S 177.7W 11/10 0106 0.05M/ 0.15FT RAROTONGA CK 21.2S 159.8W 11/10 0116 0.60M/ 1.98FT DART 5501004 36.1S 178.6E 11/10 0125 0.07M/ 0.24FT FONGAFALE TV 8.5S 179.2E 11/10 0137 0.08M/ 0.26FT EAST CAPE NZ 37.5S 178.2E 11/10 0140 0.17M/ 0.57FT MARE NEW CALEDONIA F 21.5S 167.9E 11/10 0151 0.50M/ 1.65FT LIFOU NEW CALEDONIA 20.9S 167.3E 11/10 0155 0.60M/ 1.96FT TEST... RECOMMENDED ACTIONS ...TEST ----------------------------------- * THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES RESPONSIBLE FOR THREATENED COASTAL AREAS SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO INFORM AND INSTRUCT ANY COASTAL POPULATIONS AT RISK IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR OWN EVALUATION... PROCEDURES AND THE LEVEL OF THREAT. * THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. PERSONS LOCATED IN THREATENED COASTAL AREAS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR INFORMATION AND FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM NATIONAL AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES. TEST... ESTIMATED TIMES OF ARRIVAL ...TEST ------------------------------------------ * THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. ESTIMATED TIMES OF ARRIVAL -ETA- OF THE INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE FOR PLACES WITHIN THE THREAT REGION. 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(UTC) ------------------------------------------------------------ NUKUALOFA TONGA 21.0S 175.2W 2310 11/09 HOLEVA TONGA 18.6S 173.9W 2350 11/09 NIUE ISLAND NIUE 19.0S 170.0W 0002 11/10 NIUATOPUTAPU TONGA 15.9S 173.8W 0006 11/10 SUVA FIJI 18.1S 178.4E 0022 11/10 FUTUNA ISLAND WALLIS AND FUTUN 14.3S 178.2W 0024 11/10 PAGO PAGO AMERICAN SAMOA 14.3S 170.7W 0025 11/10 WALLIS ISLAND WALLIS AND FUTUN 13.2S 176.2W 0028 11/10 APIA SAMOA 13.8S 171.8W 0035 11/10 RAOUL ISLAND KERMADEC ISLANDS 29.2S 177.9W 0042 11/10 NUKUNONU ISLAND TOKELAU 9.2S 171.8W 0106 11/10 PUKAPUKA ISLAND COOK ISLANDS 10.8S 165.9W 0109 11/10 RAROTONGA COOK ISLANDS 21.2S 159.8W 0116 11/10 ANATOM ISLAND VANUATU 20.2S 169.9E 0137 11/10 FUNAFUTI ISLAND TUVALU 7.9S 178.5E 0138 11/10 LOTTIN POINT NEW ZEALAND 37.5S 178.2E 0140 11/10 KANTON ISLAND KIRIBATI 2.8S 171.7W 0158 11/10 TEST... POTENTIAL IMPACTS ...TEST --------------------------------- * THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES. THE TIME BETWEEN WAVE CRESTS CAN VARY FROM 5 MINUTES TO AN HOUR. THE HAZARD MAY PERSIST FOR MANY HOURS OR LONGER AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE. * THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. IMPACTS CAN VARY SIGNIFICANTLY FROM ONE SECTION OF COAST TO THE NEXT DUE TO LOCAL BATHYMETRY AND THE SHAPE AND ELEVATION OF THE SHORELINE. * THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. IMPACTS CAN ALSO VARY DEPENDING UPON THE STATE OF THE TIDE AT THE TIME OF THE MAXIMUM TSUNAMI WAVES. * THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. PERSONS CAUGHT IN THE WATER OF A TSUNAMI MAY DROWN... BE CRUSHED BY DEBRIS IN THE WATER... OR BE SWEPT OUT TO SEA. TEST... TSUNAMI OBSERVATIONS ...TEST ------------------------------------ * THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. 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 NORMAL TIDE LEVEL. GAUGE TIME OF MAXIMUM WAVE COORDINATES MEASURE TSUNAMI PERIOD GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON (UTC) HEIGHT (MIN) ------------------------------------------------------------- NUKUALOFA TO 21.1S 175.2W 2320 0.55M/ 1.8FT 32 TEST... NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ...TEST ------------------------------------------------------ * THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. THE NEXT MESSAGE WILL BE ISSUED IN ONE HOUR... OR SOONER IF THE SITUATION WARRANTS. * THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT MAY BE FOUND AT WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV. * THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. COASTAL REGIONS OF HAWAII... AMERICAN SAMOA... GUAM... AND CNMI SHOULD REFER TO PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER MESSAGES SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE PLACES THAT CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV. * THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. COASTAL REGIONS OF CALIFORNIA... OREGON... WASHINGTON... BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA SHOULD ONLY REFER TO U.S. NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER MESSAGES THAT CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV. THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. DO NOT TAKE ACTION BASED ON THIS TEST MESSAGE. $$ NNNN