WEHW40 PHEB 012213 TSUHWX HIZ001>003-005>009-012>014-016>021-023>026-020013- TEST...TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 3...TEST NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 1213 PM HST WED OCT 01 2008 TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII ...FOR EXERCISE ONLY... ...THIS MESSAGE IS ONLY FOR AN EXERCISE... SUBJECT - URGENT LOCAL TSUNAMI WARNING SUPPLEMENT AN URGENT TSUNAMI WARNING IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES IN THE STATE OF HAWAII AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS ORIGIN TIME - 1141 AM HST 01 OCT 2008 COORDINATES - 19.2 NORTH 155.2 WEST LOCATION - OFFSHORE FROM KILAUEA VOLCANO MAGNITUDE - 8.0 MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY COASTAL RUNUP DETECTORS HAVE FLOODED AT PUNALUU, HONUAPO, MILOLII, AND HONAUNAU. GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER ------------------- ----- ------ ----- --------------- ----- KAPOHO HAWAII 19.5N 154.8W 2152Z 5.01M / 16.FT 08MIN MILOLII 19.2N 155.9W 2200Z 3.91M / 13.FT 08MIN HONOKOHAU HAWAII 19.7N 156.0W 2205Z 3.07M / 10.FT 07MIN HILO HAWAII 19.7N 155.1W 2203Z 2.54M / 8.3FT 09MIN DART HAWAII 51407 19.6N 156.5W 2202Z 0.19M / 0.6FT 08MIN 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. EVALUATION DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI WAVES HAVE OCCURRED AND THE THREAT MAY CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS. THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. RECOMMEND URGENT ACTION BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY. ADDITIONAL MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED AS MORE INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. ...REPEAT...THIS MESSAGE IS ONLY FOR AN EXERCISE... ...THIS IS THE LAST EXERCISE MESSAGE FROM PTWC... $$