Yikes, stay off the beach tonight, kiddies....

[senoritafish]

Just popped up on ForecastFox...

http://wwwa.accuweather.com/watches-warnings.asp?partner=forecastfox&zipcode=92605&county=CAc059&zone=CAz042&metric=0

National Weather Service Zone - CAZ042

TO - TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM PARTICIPANTS IN ALASKA/BRITISH COLUMBIA/WASHINGTON/OREGON/CALIFORNIA
FROM - WEST COAST AND ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WARNING BULLETIN - INITIAL
BULLETIN NUMBER 1
ISSUED 06/15/2005 AT 0256 UTC

A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL AREAS FROM THE CALIFORNIA-MEXICO BORDER TO THE NORTH TIP OF VANCOUVER I.-BC. INCLUSIVE.

National Weather Service Zone - CAZ042


TO - TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM PARTICIPANTS IN ALASKA/BRITISH COLUMBIA/WASHINGTON/OREGON/CALIFORNIA
FROM - WEST COAST AND ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WARNING BULLETIN - INITIAL
BULLETIN NUMBER 1
ISSUED 06/15/2005 AT 0256 UTC

A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL AREAS FROM THE CALIFORNIA-MEXICO BORDER TO THE NORTH TIP OF VANCOUVER I.-BC. INCLUSIVE.

EARTHQUAKE DATA
PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE - 7.4
LOCATION - 41.3N 125.7W - 90 MILES NW OF EUREKA-CA.
300 MILES NW OF SAN FRANCISCO-CA.
TIME - 1851 ADT 06/14/2005
1951 PDT 06/14/2005
0251 UTC 06/15/2005

EVALUATION
IT IS NOT KNOWN - REPEAT NOT KNOWN - IF A TSUNAMI EXISTS BUT A TSUNAMI MAY HAVE BEEN GENERATED. THEREFORE PERSONS IN LOW LYING COASTAL AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO INSTRUCTIONS FROM THEIR LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS. PERSONS ON THE BEACH SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF IN A WARNED AREA. TSUNAMIS MAY BE A SERIES OF WAVES WHICH COULD BE DANGEROUS FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE ARRIVAL.

COASTAL AREAS FROM THE CALIFORNIA-MEXICO BORDER TO THE NORTH TIP OF VANCOUVER I.-BC. INCLUSIVE.

A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL AREAS FROM THE CALIFORNIA-MEXICO BORDER TO THE NORTH TIP OF VANCOUVER I.-BC. INCLUSIVE.



ESTIMATED TIMES OF INITIAL WAVE ARRIVAL
CRESCENT CITY-CA 2029 PDT JUN 14
ASTORIA-OR 2154 PDT JUN 14
CHARLESTON-OR 2044 PDT JUN 14
TOFINO-BC 2157 PDT JUN 14
SAN FRANCISCO-CA 2123 PDT JUN 14
SAN PEDRO-CA 2200 PDT JUN 14
SEASIDE-OR 2126 PDT JUN 14
LA JOLLA-CA 2214 PDT JUN 14
NEAH BAY-WA 2148 PDT JUN 14

COASTAL AREAS FROM THE NORTH TIP OF VANCOUVER I.-BC. TO SITKA-AK.

A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL AREAS FROM THE NORTH TIP OF VANCOUVER I.-BC. TO SITKA-AK.

ESTIMATED TIMES OF INITIAL WAVE ARRIVAL
LANGARA-BC 2244 PDT JUN 14
KETCHIKAN-AK 2257 ADT JUN 14
SITKA-AK 2227 ADT JUN 14
6-
COASTAL AREAS FROM SITKA-AK. TO ATTU-AK.

TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT.

NO - REPEAT NO - TSUNAMI WATCH OR WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL AREAS FROM SITKA-AK. TO ATTU-AK.

FOR INFORMATION ONLY - ESTIMATED TIMES OF INITIAL WAVE ARRIVAL
YAKUTAT-AK 2317 ADT JUN 14 CORDOVA-AK 0007 ADT JUN 15
KODIAK-AK 2332 ADT JUN 14 DUTCH HARBOR-AK 0013 ADT JUN 15
JUNEAU-AK 2334 ADT JUN 14 COLD BAY-AK 0034 ADT JUN 15
SEWARD-AK 2339 ADT JUN 14 ADAK-AK 0038 ADT JUN 15
VALDEZ-AK 2357 ADT JUN 14 HOMER-AK 0044 ADT JUN 15
SAND PT.-AK 2358 ADT JUN 14 SHEMYA-AK 0119 ADT JUN 15
$$

THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER AT EWA BEACH HAWAII WILL ISSUE BULLETINS FOR OTHER AREAS OF THE PACIFIC.

BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. THE TSUNAMI WATCH/WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. REFER TO THE INTERNET SITE WCATWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV FOR MORE INFORMATION AND ETA SITES.


I'm not too worried where I am - we're about a mile from the beach on a mesa about 50 ft above sea level. The highest point in the city is a few blocks away. But those of you near me in low lying areas might want to keep a local station on.

edit 11:30 - It's cancelled.

...THE TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH STATUS IS CANCELED FOR
CALIFORNIA - OREGON - WASHINGTON - BRITISH COLUMBIA - AND
ALASKA...

EARTHQUAKE DATA
PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE - 7.4
LOCATION - 41.4N 125.6W - 85 MILES NW OF EUREKA-CA.
300 MILES NW OF SAN FRANCISCO-CA.
TIME - 1851 ADT 06/14/2005
1951 PDT 06/14/2005
0251 UTC 06/15/2005

WATER LEVELS REMAIN NORMAL AT ALL COASTAL SITES.
NO WAVE HAS BEEN DETECTED.

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.

Comments

[angelsmum.livejournal.com]

that's scary!

[senoritafish.livejournal.com]

Didn't happen, I guess. Alert got cancelled.

[angelsmum.livejournal.com]

well thats a relief. =)

sounds like people are on it now.....

[vwsrmylife.livejournal.com]

.... better to warn and have people panaic a little than to not warn and have what we had earlier this year....
g

Re: sounds like people are on it now.....

[senoritafish.livejournal.com]

Sheesh, no kidding.

[lemonrocket.livejournal.com]

Yikes. There was a story in our newspaper after the Asia tsunami about a local man who remembers a tsunami warning when he was at school. He said the teacher took the whole class to the beach to have a look. O_o Thankfully, it never arrived.

[senoritafish.livejournal.com]

There were a lot of people killed in a tsunami in Hawaii a long time ago for the same reason.

I went to college near Eureka (where the quake occurred offshore), and there was a tsunami warning. My boyfriend at the time actually went to a "tsunami party" at the beach that night. I almost killed him myself for being so stupid. He was a geology major and should have known better.

[lemonrocket.livejournal.com]

That's pretty dumb!

[aliki.livejournal.com]

I can just picture all the surfers rushing to the beach with a warning like that...