Alaska - NOAA - TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM website and information

NOAA State of Alaska Tsunami Center is located near McDonald's at Palmer, Alaska

Here is information to check quickly when you hear there has been an earthquake with expected Tsunami

http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/

http://wcatwc.gov/main.htm mirror site

http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/message.txt

http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/message.shtml

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

National Weather Service

910 S Felton St

Palmer, AK 99645

907-745-4212 phone

907-745-6071 fax

One Physical Scientist, William R. Knight

William.Knight@noaa.gov

TO ALL TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM PARTICIPANTS SUBJECT: TSUNAMI WARNING BULLETIN - FINAL BULLETIN NUMBER 3 WEST COAST AND ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS ISSUED 09/25/2003 AT 2217 UTC

...THE TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH STATUS IS CANCELLED FOR ALASKA...

EARTHQUAKE DATA: PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE: 8.0 LOCATION: 42.1N 143.6E - HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION TIME: 1150 ADT 09/25/2003 1250 PDT 09/25/2003 1950 UTC 09/25/2003

A REGIONAL TSUNAMI WAS OBSERVED AT THE FOLLOWING SITES: HANASAKI JAPAN 213CM/7.0FT URAKAWA JAPAN 150CM/4.9FT OFUNATO JAPAN 50CM/1.64FT KAMAISHI JAPAN 100CM/3.3FT

EVALUATION: NO TSUNAMI DANGER EXISTS FOR ALASKA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WASHINGTON, OREGON, OR CALIFORNIA. HOWEVER, SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE SMALL SEA LEVEL CHANGES. AS LOCAL CONDITIONS CAN CAUSE A WIDE VARIATION IN TSUNAMI WAVE ACTION, THE ALL CLEAR DETERMINATIONS MUST BE MADE BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES.

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THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE A FINAL BULLETIN.

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

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