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Tsunami Watch

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A Tsunami Watch is issued to alert emergency management officials and the public of an event which may later impact the watch area. The watch area may be upgraded to a warning or advisory - or canceled - based on updated information and analysis. Therefore, emergency management officials and the public should prepare to take action. Watches are normally issued based on seismic information without confirmation that a destructive tsunami is underway.[1]

Example of a tsunami watch[edit]

BULLETIN
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER   1
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
257 AM HST FRI AUG 31 2012
 
TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII
 
SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WATCH
 
A TSUNAMI WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII EFFECTIVE AT
0257 AM HST.
 
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS
 
   ORIGIN TIME - 0248 AM HST 31 AUG 2012
   COORDINATES - 10.9 NORTH  127.1 EAST
   LOCATION    - PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION
   MAGNITUDE   - 7.9  MOMENT
 
EVALUATION
 
 BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A TSUNAMI MAY HAVE BEEN GENERATED BY
 THIS EARTHQUAKE THAT COULD BE DESTRUCTIVE ON COASTAL AREAS EVEN
 FAR FROM THE EPICENTER. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY TO DETERMINE
 IF THERE IS A TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.
 
 IF TSUNAMI WAVES IMPACT HAWAII THE ESTIMATED EARLIEST ARRIVAL OF
 THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS
 
                     1228 PM HST FRI 31 AUG 2012
 
MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.
 
$$

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. "NOAA's National Weather Service - Glossary". forecast.weather.gov. Retrieved 31 December 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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