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Special Weather Statement
Niihau (Hawaii)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 HIZ001>028-111300- NIIHAU-KAUAI WINDWARD-KAUAI LEEWARD-KAUAI MOUNTAINS- OAHU SOUTH SHORE-WAIANAE COAST-OAHU NORTH SHORE-OAHU KOOLAU- OLOMANA-CENTRAL OAHU-WAIANAE MOUNTAINS-MOLOKAI WINDWARD- MOLOKAI LEEWARD-LANAI MAKAI-LANAI MAUKA-KAHOOLAWE- MAUI WINDWARD WEST-MAUI LEEWARD WEST-MAUI CENTRAL VALLEY- WINDWARD HALEAKALA-LEEWARD HALEAKALA-HALEAKALA SUMMIT-KONA- SOUTH BIG ISLAND-BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA- BIG ISLAND INTERIOR-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...TSUNAMI WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII... AN 8.9 MOMENT MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE NEAR JAPAN HAS CREATED A WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI...AND A TSUNAMI WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. THE FIRST WAVE IS ESTIMATED TO ARRIVE APPROXIMATELY AT 307 AM HST FOR KAUAI...321 AM HST FOR OAHU...327 AM HST FOR MAUI...AND 346 AM HST FOR THE BIG ISLAND. UNUSUAL WAVE ACTION IS POSSIBLE FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF THE WAVES. EXACT TSUNAMI HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES...WHICH ARE NOT SURFABLE. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE...AND YOU SHOULD REMAIN WELL AWAY FROM THE COASTLINE UNTIL THE TSUNAMI THREAT SUBSIDES...AS EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEAR SHORE CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI ALSO POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. TSUNAMI WAVES ARE AMPLIFIED AS THEY ENTER HARBORS AND BAYS...AND BOATERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SIGNIFICANT SURGES IN HARBORS SUCH AS HONOLULU...NAWILILI...HALEIWA...KAHULUI...HILO...AND KAWAIHAE. BOATS ARE SAFER OUT OF THE HARBOR AND BOATERS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO MOVE THEIR VESSELS TO SAFETY. TSUNAMI EVACUATION MAPS CAN BE FOUND IN THE FRONT OF THE YELLOW PAGES. FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF YOUR LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE FROM THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER. $$ HOUSTON/HARRISON
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 8 HIZ001>003-005>009-012>014-016>021-023>026-111431- /O.CON.PHEB.TS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ BULLETIN TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 8 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 231 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WARNING SUPPLEMENT A TSUNAMI WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS ORIGIN TIME - 0746 PM HST 10 MAR 2011 COORDINATES - 38.3 NORTH 142.4 EAST LOCATION - NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU JAPAN MAGNITUDE - 8.9 MOMENT MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER DART 52402 11.7N 154.2E 0931Z 0.29M / 0.9FT 22MIN DART 46403 52.7N 156.9W 1127Z 0.09M / 0.3FT 60MIN LEGASPI PH 13.1N 123.8E 1116Z 0.25M / 0.8FT 58MIN KWAJALEIN MH 8.7N 167.7E 1111Z 0.55M / 1.8FT 48MIN NIKOLSKI AK 52.9N 168.9W 1109Z 0.27M / 0.9FT 64MIN HANASAKI HOKKAIDO J 43.3N 145.6E 0656Z 1.83M / 6.0FT 24MIN MIDWAY 28.2N 177.4W 1048Z 1.27M / 4.2FT 12MIN TOSASHIMIZU SHIKOKU 32.8N 133.0E 0946Z 0.84M / 2.8FT 28MIN ADAK AK 51.9N 176.6W 1034Z 0.35M / 1.2FT 22MIN YAP FM 9.5N 138.1E 1013Z 0.15M / 0.5FT 88MIN DART 21415 50.2N 171.8E 0845Z 0.27M / 0.9FT 52MIN WAKE US 19.3N 166.6E 0928Z 0.39M / 1.3FT 14MIN NAHA OKINAWA JP 26.2N 127.7E 0901Z 0.25M / 0.8FT 60MIN SAIPAN US 15.2N 145.7E 0916Z 0.65M / 2.1FT 30MIN OMAEZAKI HONSHU JP 34.6N 138.2E 0818Z 1.42M / 4.6FT 56MIN DART 21419 44.5N 155.7E 0716Z 0.40M / 1.3FT 20MIN DART 21413 30.5N 152.1E 0659Z 0.76M / 2.5FT 32MIN DART 21401 42.6N 152.6E 0643Z 0.67M / 2.2FT 40MIN DART 21418 38.7N 148.7E 0619Z 1.08M / 3.5FT 06MIN 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. NOTE - DART MEASUREMENTS ARE FROM THE DEEP OCEAN AND THEY ARE GENERALLY MUCH SMALLER THAN WOULD BE COASTAL MEASUREMENTS AT SIMILAR LOCATIONS. EVALUATION A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED THAT COULD CAUSE DAMAGE ALONG COASTLINES OF ALL ISLANDS IN THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES. EACH INDIVIDUAL WAVE CREST CAN LAST 5 TO 15 MINUTES OR MORE AND EXTENSIVELY FLOOD COASTAL AREAS. THE DANGER CAN CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE AS SUBSEQUENT WAVES ARRIVE. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. TSUNAMI WAVES EFFICIENTLY WRAP AROUND ISLANDS. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE. THE TROUGH OF A TSUNAMI WAVE MAY TEMPORARILY EXPOSE THE SEAFLOOR BUT THE AREA WILL QUICKLY FLOOD AGAIN. EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEARSHORE CURRENTS CAN ACCOMPANY A TSUNAMI. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI AMPLIFIES ITS DESTRUCTIVE POWER. SIMULTANEOUS HIGH TIDES OR HIGH SURF CAN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE TSUNAMI HAZARD. THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIME IN HAWAII OF THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS 0307 AM HST FRI 11 MAR 2011 MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Kauai Windward (Hawaii)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 HIZ001>028-111300- NIIHAU-KAUAI WINDWARD-KAUAI LEEWARD-KAUAI MOUNTAINS- OAHU SOUTH SHORE-WAIANAE COAST-OAHU NORTH SHORE-OAHU KOOLAU- OLOMANA-CENTRAL OAHU-WAIANAE MOUNTAINS-MOLOKAI WINDWARD- MOLOKAI LEEWARD-LANAI MAKAI-LANAI MAUKA-KAHOOLAWE- MAUI WINDWARD WEST-MAUI LEEWARD WEST-MAUI CENTRAL VALLEY- WINDWARD HALEAKALA-LEEWARD HALEAKALA-HALEAKALA SUMMIT-KONA- SOUTH BIG ISLAND-BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA- BIG ISLAND INTERIOR-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...TSUNAMI WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII... AN 8.9 MOMENT MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE NEAR JAPAN HAS CREATED A WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI...AND A TSUNAMI WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. THE FIRST WAVE IS ESTIMATED TO ARRIVE APPROXIMATELY AT 307 AM HST FOR KAUAI...321 AM HST FOR OAHU...327 AM HST FOR MAUI...AND 346 AM HST FOR THE BIG ISLAND. UNUSUAL WAVE ACTION IS POSSIBLE FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF THE WAVES. EXACT TSUNAMI HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES...WHICH ARE NOT SURFABLE. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE...AND YOU SHOULD REMAIN WELL AWAY FROM THE COASTLINE UNTIL THE TSUNAMI THREAT SUBSIDES...AS EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEAR SHORE CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI ALSO POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. TSUNAMI WAVES ARE AMPLIFIED AS THEY ENTER HARBORS AND BAYS...AND BOATERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SIGNIFICANT SURGES IN HARBORS SUCH AS HONOLULU...NAWILILI...HALEIWA...KAHULUI...HILO...AND KAWAIHAE. BOATS ARE SAFER OUT OF THE HARBOR AND BOATERS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO MOVE THEIR VESSELS TO SAFETY. TSUNAMI EVACUATION MAPS CAN BE FOUND IN THE FRONT OF THE YELLOW PAGES. FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF YOUR LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE FROM THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER. $$ HOUSTON/HARRISONIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Tsunami Warning
Kauai Windward (Hawaii)
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 8 HIZ001>003-005>009-012>014-016>021-023>026-111431- /O.CON.PHEB.TS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ BULLETIN TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 8 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 231 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WARNING SUPPLEMENT A TSUNAMI WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS ORIGIN TIME - 0746 PM HST 10 MAR 2011 COORDINATES - 38.3 NORTH 142.4 EAST LOCATION - NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU JAPAN MAGNITUDE - 8.9 MOMENT MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER DART 52402 11.7N 154.2E 0931Z 0.29M / 0.9FT 22MIN DART 46403 52.7N 156.9W 1127Z 0.09M / 0.3FT 60MIN LEGASPI PH 13.1N 123.8E 1116Z 0.25M / 0.8FT 58MIN KWAJALEIN MH 8.7N 167.7E 1111Z 0.55M / 1.8FT 48MIN NIKOLSKI AK 52.9N 168.9W 1109Z 0.27M / 0.9FT 64MIN HANASAKI HOKKAIDO J 43.3N 145.6E 0656Z 1.83M / 6.0FT 24MIN MIDWAY 28.2N 177.4W 1048Z 1.27M / 4.2FT 12MIN TOSASHIMIZU SHIKOKU 32.8N 133.0E 0946Z 0.84M / 2.8FT 28MIN ADAK AK 51.9N 176.6W 1034Z 0.35M / 1.2FT 22MIN YAP FM 9.5N 138.1E 1013Z 0.15M / 0.5FT 88MIN DART 21415 50.2N 171.8E 0845Z 0.27M / 0.9FT 52MIN WAKE US 19.3N 166.6E 0928Z 0.39M / 1.3FT 14MIN NAHA OKINAWA JP 26.2N 127.7E 0901Z 0.25M / 0.8FT 60MIN SAIPAN US 15.2N 145.7E 0916Z 0.65M / 2.1FT 30MIN OMAEZAKI HONSHU JP 34.6N 138.2E 0818Z 1.42M / 4.6FT 56MIN DART 21419 44.5N 155.7E 0716Z 0.40M / 1.3FT 20MIN DART 21413 30.5N 152.1E 0659Z 0.76M / 2.5FT 32MIN DART 21401 42.6N 152.6E 0643Z 0.67M / 2.2FT 40MIN DART 21418 38.7N 148.7E 0619Z 1.08M / 3.5FT 06MIN 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. NOTE - DART MEASUREMENTS ARE FROM THE DEEP OCEAN AND THEY ARE GENERALLY MUCH SMALLER THAN WOULD BE COASTAL MEASUREMENTS AT SIMILAR LOCATIONS. EVALUATION A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED THAT COULD CAUSE DAMAGE ALONG COASTLINES OF ALL ISLANDS IN THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES. EACH INDIVIDUAL WAVE CREST CAN LAST 5 TO 15 MINUTES OR MORE AND EXTENSIVELY FLOOD COASTAL AREAS. THE DANGER CAN CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE AS SUBSEQUENT WAVES ARRIVE. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. TSUNAMI WAVES EFFICIENTLY WRAP AROUND ISLANDS. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE. THE TROUGH OF A TSUNAMI WAVE MAY TEMPORARILY EXPOSE THE SEAFLOOR BUT THE AREA WILL QUICKLY FLOOD AGAIN. EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEARSHORE CURRENTS CAN ACCOMPANY A TSUNAMI. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI AMPLIFIES ITS DESTRUCTIVE POWER. SIMULTANEOUS HIGH TIDES OR HIGH SURF CAN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE TSUNAMI HAZARD. THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIME IN HAWAII OF THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS 0307 AM HST FRI 11 MAR 2011 MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Kauai Leeward (Hawaii)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 HIZ001>028-111300- NIIHAU-KAUAI WINDWARD-KAUAI LEEWARD-KAUAI MOUNTAINS- OAHU SOUTH SHORE-WAIANAE COAST-OAHU NORTH SHORE-OAHU KOOLAU- OLOMANA-CENTRAL OAHU-WAIANAE MOUNTAINS-MOLOKAI WINDWARD- MOLOKAI LEEWARD-LANAI MAKAI-LANAI MAUKA-KAHOOLAWE- MAUI WINDWARD WEST-MAUI LEEWARD WEST-MAUI CENTRAL VALLEY- WINDWARD HALEAKALA-LEEWARD HALEAKALA-HALEAKALA SUMMIT-KONA- SOUTH BIG ISLAND-BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA- BIG ISLAND INTERIOR-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...TSUNAMI WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII... AN 8.9 MOMENT MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE NEAR JAPAN HAS CREATED A WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI...AND A TSUNAMI WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. THE FIRST WAVE IS ESTIMATED TO ARRIVE APPROXIMATELY AT 307 AM HST FOR KAUAI...321 AM HST FOR OAHU...327 AM HST FOR MAUI...AND 346 AM HST FOR THE BIG ISLAND. UNUSUAL WAVE ACTION IS POSSIBLE FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF THE WAVES. EXACT TSUNAMI HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES...WHICH ARE NOT SURFABLE. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE...AND YOU SHOULD REMAIN WELL AWAY FROM THE COASTLINE UNTIL THE TSUNAMI THREAT SUBSIDES...AS EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEAR SHORE CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI ALSO POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. TSUNAMI WAVES ARE AMPLIFIED AS THEY ENTER HARBORS AND BAYS...AND BOATERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SIGNIFICANT SURGES IN HARBORS SUCH AS HONOLULU...NAWILILI...HALEIWA...KAHULUI...HILO...AND KAWAIHAE. BOATS ARE SAFER OUT OF THE HARBOR AND BOATERS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO MOVE THEIR VESSELS TO SAFETY. TSUNAMI EVACUATION MAPS CAN BE FOUND IN THE FRONT OF THE YELLOW PAGES. FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF YOUR LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE FROM THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER. $$ HOUSTON/HARRISONIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Tsunami Warning
Kauai Leeward (Hawaii)
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 8 HIZ001>003-005>009-012>014-016>021-023>026-111431- /O.CON.PHEB.TS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ BULLETIN TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 8 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 231 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WARNING SUPPLEMENT A TSUNAMI WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS ORIGIN TIME - 0746 PM HST 10 MAR 2011 COORDINATES - 38.3 NORTH 142.4 EAST LOCATION - NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU JAPAN MAGNITUDE - 8.9 MOMENT MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER DART 52402 11.7N 154.2E 0931Z 0.29M / 0.9FT 22MIN DART 46403 52.7N 156.9W 1127Z 0.09M / 0.3FT 60MIN LEGASPI PH 13.1N 123.8E 1116Z 0.25M / 0.8FT 58MIN KWAJALEIN MH 8.7N 167.7E 1111Z 0.55M / 1.8FT 48MIN NIKOLSKI AK 52.9N 168.9W 1109Z 0.27M / 0.9FT 64MIN HANASAKI HOKKAIDO J 43.3N 145.6E 0656Z 1.83M / 6.0FT 24MIN MIDWAY 28.2N 177.4W 1048Z 1.27M / 4.2FT 12MIN TOSASHIMIZU SHIKOKU 32.8N 133.0E 0946Z 0.84M / 2.8FT 28MIN ADAK AK 51.9N 176.6W 1034Z 0.35M / 1.2FT 22MIN YAP FM 9.5N 138.1E 1013Z 0.15M / 0.5FT 88MIN DART 21415 50.2N 171.8E 0845Z 0.27M / 0.9FT 52MIN WAKE US 19.3N 166.6E 0928Z 0.39M / 1.3FT 14MIN NAHA OKINAWA JP 26.2N 127.7E 0901Z 0.25M / 0.8FT 60MIN SAIPAN US 15.2N 145.7E 0916Z 0.65M / 2.1FT 30MIN OMAEZAKI HONSHU JP 34.6N 138.2E 0818Z 1.42M / 4.6FT 56MIN DART 21419 44.5N 155.7E 0716Z 0.40M / 1.3FT 20MIN DART 21413 30.5N 152.1E 0659Z 0.76M / 2.5FT 32MIN DART 21401 42.6N 152.6E 0643Z 0.67M / 2.2FT 40MIN DART 21418 38.7N 148.7E 0619Z 1.08M / 3.5FT 06MIN 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. NOTE - DART MEASUREMENTS ARE FROM THE DEEP OCEAN AND THEY ARE GENERALLY MUCH SMALLER THAN WOULD BE COASTAL MEASUREMENTS AT SIMILAR LOCATIONS. EVALUATION A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED THAT COULD CAUSE DAMAGE ALONG COASTLINES OF ALL ISLANDS IN THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES. EACH INDIVIDUAL WAVE CREST CAN LAST 5 TO 15 MINUTES OR MORE AND EXTENSIVELY FLOOD COASTAL AREAS. THE DANGER CAN CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE AS SUBSEQUENT WAVES ARRIVE. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. TSUNAMI WAVES EFFICIENTLY WRAP AROUND ISLANDS. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE. THE TROUGH OF A TSUNAMI WAVE MAY TEMPORARILY EXPOSE THE SEAFLOOR BUT THE AREA WILL QUICKLY FLOOD AGAIN. EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEARSHORE CURRENTS CAN ACCOMPANY A TSUNAMI. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI AMPLIFIES ITS DESTRUCTIVE POWER. SIMULTANEOUS HIGH TIDES OR HIGH SURF CAN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE TSUNAMI HAZARD. THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIME IN HAWAII OF THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS 0307 AM HST FRI 11 MAR 2011 MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Kauai Mountains (Hawaii)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 HIZ001>028-111300- NIIHAU-KAUAI WINDWARD-KAUAI LEEWARD-KAUAI MOUNTAINS- OAHU SOUTH SHORE-WAIANAE COAST-OAHU NORTH SHORE-OAHU KOOLAU- OLOMANA-CENTRAL OAHU-WAIANAE MOUNTAINS-MOLOKAI WINDWARD- MOLOKAI LEEWARD-LANAI MAKAI-LANAI MAUKA-KAHOOLAWE- MAUI WINDWARD WEST-MAUI LEEWARD WEST-MAUI CENTRAL VALLEY- WINDWARD HALEAKALA-LEEWARD HALEAKALA-HALEAKALA SUMMIT-KONA- SOUTH BIG ISLAND-BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA- BIG ISLAND INTERIOR-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...TSUNAMI WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII... AN 8.9 MOMENT MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE NEAR JAPAN HAS CREATED A WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI...AND A TSUNAMI WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. THE FIRST WAVE IS ESTIMATED TO ARRIVE APPROXIMATELY AT 307 AM HST FOR KAUAI...321 AM HST FOR OAHU...327 AM HST FOR MAUI...AND 346 AM HST FOR THE BIG ISLAND. UNUSUAL WAVE ACTION IS POSSIBLE FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF THE WAVES. EXACT TSUNAMI HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES...WHICH ARE NOT SURFABLE. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE...AND YOU SHOULD REMAIN WELL AWAY FROM THE COASTLINE UNTIL THE TSUNAMI THREAT SUBSIDES...AS EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEAR SHORE CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI ALSO POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. TSUNAMI WAVES ARE AMPLIFIED AS THEY ENTER HARBORS AND BAYS...AND BOATERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SIGNIFICANT SURGES IN HARBORS SUCH AS HONOLULU...NAWILILI...HALEIWA...KAHULUI...HILO...AND KAWAIHAE. BOATS ARE SAFER OUT OF THE HARBOR AND BOATERS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO MOVE THEIR VESSELS TO SAFETY. TSUNAMI EVACUATION MAPS CAN BE FOUND IN THE FRONT OF THE YELLOW PAGES. FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF YOUR LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE FROM THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER. $$ HOUSTON/HARRISONIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Oahu South Shore (Hawaii)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 HIZ001>028-111300- NIIHAU-KAUAI WINDWARD-KAUAI LEEWARD-KAUAI MOUNTAINS- OAHU SOUTH SHORE-WAIANAE COAST-OAHU NORTH SHORE-OAHU KOOLAU- OLOMANA-CENTRAL OAHU-WAIANAE MOUNTAINS-MOLOKAI WINDWARD- MOLOKAI LEEWARD-LANAI MAKAI-LANAI MAUKA-KAHOOLAWE- MAUI WINDWARD WEST-MAUI LEEWARD WEST-MAUI CENTRAL VALLEY- WINDWARD HALEAKALA-LEEWARD HALEAKALA-HALEAKALA SUMMIT-KONA- SOUTH BIG ISLAND-BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA- BIG ISLAND INTERIOR-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...TSUNAMI WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII... AN 8.9 MOMENT MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE NEAR JAPAN HAS CREATED A WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI...AND A TSUNAMI WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. THE FIRST WAVE IS ESTIMATED TO ARRIVE APPROXIMATELY AT 307 AM HST FOR KAUAI...321 AM HST FOR OAHU...327 AM HST FOR MAUI...AND 346 AM HST FOR THE BIG ISLAND. UNUSUAL WAVE ACTION IS POSSIBLE FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF THE WAVES. EXACT TSUNAMI HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES...WHICH ARE NOT SURFABLE. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE...AND YOU SHOULD REMAIN WELL AWAY FROM THE COASTLINE UNTIL THE TSUNAMI THREAT SUBSIDES...AS EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEAR SHORE CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI ALSO POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. TSUNAMI WAVES ARE AMPLIFIED AS THEY ENTER HARBORS AND BAYS...AND BOATERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SIGNIFICANT SURGES IN HARBORS SUCH AS HONOLULU...NAWILILI...HALEIWA...KAHULUI...HILO...AND KAWAIHAE. BOATS ARE SAFER OUT OF THE HARBOR AND BOATERS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO MOVE THEIR VESSELS TO SAFETY. TSUNAMI EVACUATION MAPS CAN BE FOUND IN THE FRONT OF THE YELLOW PAGES. FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF YOUR LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE FROM THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER. $$ HOUSTON/HARRISONIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Tsunami Warning
Oahu South Shore (Hawaii)
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 8 HIZ001>003-005>009-012>014-016>021-023>026-111431- /O.CON.PHEB.TS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ BULLETIN TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 8 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 231 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WARNING SUPPLEMENT A TSUNAMI WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS ORIGIN TIME - 0746 PM HST 10 MAR 2011 COORDINATES - 38.3 NORTH 142.4 EAST LOCATION - NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU JAPAN MAGNITUDE - 8.9 MOMENT MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER DART 52402 11.7N 154.2E 0931Z 0.29M / 0.9FT 22MIN DART 46403 52.7N 156.9W 1127Z 0.09M / 0.3FT 60MIN LEGASPI PH 13.1N 123.8E 1116Z 0.25M / 0.8FT 58MIN KWAJALEIN MH 8.7N 167.7E 1111Z 0.55M / 1.8FT 48MIN NIKOLSKI AK 52.9N 168.9W 1109Z 0.27M / 0.9FT 64MIN HANASAKI HOKKAIDO J 43.3N 145.6E 0656Z 1.83M / 6.0FT 24MIN MIDWAY 28.2N 177.4W 1048Z 1.27M / 4.2FT 12MIN TOSASHIMIZU SHIKOKU 32.8N 133.0E 0946Z 0.84M / 2.8FT 28MIN ADAK AK 51.9N 176.6W 1034Z 0.35M / 1.2FT 22MIN YAP FM 9.5N 138.1E 1013Z 0.15M / 0.5FT 88MIN DART 21415 50.2N 171.8E 0845Z 0.27M / 0.9FT 52MIN WAKE US 19.3N 166.6E 0928Z 0.39M / 1.3FT 14MIN NAHA OKINAWA JP 26.2N 127.7E 0901Z 0.25M / 0.8FT 60MIN SAIPAN US 15.2N 145.7E 0916Z 0.65M / 2.1FT 30MIN OMAEZAKI HONSHU JP 34.6N 138.2E 0818Z 1.42M / 4.6FT 56MIN DART 21419 44.5N 155.7E 0716Z 0.40M / 1.3FT 20MIN DART 21413 30.5N 152.1E 0659Z 0.76M / 2.5FT 32MIN DART 21401 42.6N 152.6E 0643Z 0.67M / 2.2FT 40MIN DART 21418 38.7N 148.7E 0619Z 1.08M / 3.5FT 06MIN 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. NOTE - DART MEASUREMENTS ARE FROM THE DEEP OCEAN AND THEY ARE GENERALLY MUCH SMALLER THAN WOULD BE COASTAL MEASUREMENTS AT SIMILAR LOCATIONS. EVALUATION A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED THAT COULD CAUSE DAMAGE ALONG COASTLINES OF ALL ISLANDS IN THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES. EACH INDIVIDUAL WAVE CREST CAN LAST 5 TO 15 MINUTES OR MORE AND EXTENSIVELY FLOOD COASTAL AREAS. THE DANGER CAN CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE AS SUBSEQUENT WAVES ARRIVE. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. TSUNAMI WAVES EFFICIENTLY WRAP AROUND ISLANDS. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE. THE TROUGH OF A TSUNAMI WAVE MAY TEMPORARILY EXPOSE THE SEAFLOOR BUT THE AREA WILL QUICKLY FLOOD AGAIN. EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEARSHORE CURRENTS CAN ACCOMPANY A TSUNAMI. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI AMPLIFIES ITS DESTRUCTIVE POWER. SIMULTANEOUS HIGH TIDES OR HIGH SURF CAN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE TSUNAMI HAZARD. THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIME IN HAWAII OF THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS 0307 AM HST FRI 11 MAR 2011 MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Waianae Coast (Hawaii)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 HIZ001>028-111300- NIIHAU-KAUAI WINDWARD-KAUAI LEEWARD-KAUAI MOUNTAINS- OAHU SOUTH SHORE-WAIANAE COAST-OAHU NORTH SHORE-OAHU KOOLAU- OLOMANA-CENTRAL OAHU-WAIANAE MOUNTAINS-MOLOKAI WINDWARD- MOLOKAI LEEWARD-LANAI MAKAI-LANAI MAUKA-KAHOOLAWE- MAUI WINDWARD WEST-MAUI LEEWARD WEST-MAUI CENTRAL VALLEY- WINDWARD HALEAKALA-LEEWARD HALEAKALA-HALEAKALA SUMMIT-KONA- SOUTH BIG ISLAND-BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA- BIG ISLAND INTERIOR-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...TSUNAMI WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII... AN 8.9 MOMENT MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE NEAR JAPAN HAS CREATED A WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI...AND A TSUNAMI WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. THE FIRST WAVE IS ESTIMATED TO ARRIVE APPROXIMATELY AT 307 AM HST FOR KAUAI...321 AM HST FOR OAHU...327 AM HST FOR MAUI...AND 346 AM HST FOR THE BIG ISLAND. UNUSUAL WAVE ACTION IS POSSIBLE FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF THE WAVES. EXACT TSUNAMI HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES...WHICH ARE NOT SURFABLE. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE...AND YOU SHOULD REMAIN WELL AWAY FROM THE COASTLINE UNTIL THE TSUNAMI THREAT SUBSIDES...AS EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEAR SHORE CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI ALSO POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. TSUNAMI WAVES ARE AMPLIFIED AS THEY ENTER HARBORS AND BAYS...AND BOATERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SIGNIFICANT SURGES IN HARBORS SUCH AS HONOLULU...NAWILILI...HALEIWA...KAHULUI...HILO...AND KAWAIHAE. BOATS ARE SAFER OUT OF THE HARBOR AND BOATERS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO MOVE THEIR VESSELS TO SAFETY. TSUNAMI EVACUATION MAPS CAN BE FOUND IN THE FRONT OF THE YELLOW PAGES. FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF YOUR LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE FROM THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER. $$ HOUSTON/HARRISONIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Tsunami Warning
Waianae Coast (Hawaii)
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 8 HIZ001>003-005>009-012>014-016>021-023>026-111431- /O.CON.PHEB.TS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ BULLETIN TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 8 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 231 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WARNING SUPPLEMENT A TSUNAMI WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS ORIGIN TIME - 0746 PM HST 10 MAR 2011 COORDINATES - 38.3 NORTH 142.4 EAST LOCATION - NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU JAPAN MAGNITUDE - 8.9 MOMENT MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER DART 52402 11.7N 154.2E 0931Z 0.29M / 0.9FT 22MIN DART 46403 52.7N 156.9W 1127Z 0.09M / 0.3FT 60MIN LEGASPI PH 13.1N 123.8E 1116Z 0.25M / 0.8FT 58MIN KWAJALEIN MH 8.7N 167.7E 1111Z 0.55M / 1.8FT 48MIN NIKOLSKI AK 52.9N 168.9W 1109Z 0.27M / 0.9FT 64MIN HANASAKI HOKKAIDO J 43.3N 145.6E 0656Z 1.83M / 6.0FT 24MIN MIDWAY 28.2N 177.4W 1048Z 1.27M / 4.2FT 12MIN TOSASHIMIZU SHIKOKU 32.8N 133.0E 0946Z 0.84M / 2.8FT 28MIN ADAK AK 51.9N 176.6W 1034Z 0.35M / 1.2FT 22MIN YAP FM 9.5N 138.1E 1013Z 0.15M / 0.5FT 88MIN DART 21415 50.2N 171.8E 0845Z 0.27M / 0.9FT 52MIN WAKE US 19.3N 166.6E 0928Z 0.39M / 1.3FT 14MIN NAHA OKINAWA JP 26.2N 127.7E 0901Z 0.25M / 0.8FT 60MIN SAIPAN US 15.2N 145.7E 0916Z 0.65M / 2.1FT 30MIN OMAEZAKI HONSHU JP 34.6N 138.2E 0818Z 1.42M / 4.6FT 56MIN DART 21419 44.5N 155.7E 0716Z 0.40M / 1.3FT 20MIN DART 21413 30.5N 152.1E 0659Z 0.76M / 2.5FT 32MIN DART 21401 42.6N 152.6E 0643Z 0.67M / 2.2FT 40MIN DART 21418 38.7N 148.7E 0619Z 1.08M / 3.5FT 06MIN 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. NOTE - DART MEASUREMENTS ARE FROM THE DEEP OCEAN AND THEY ARE GENERALLY MUCH SMALLER THAN WOULD BE COASTAL MEASUREMENTS AT SIMILAR LOCATIONS. EVALUATION A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED THAT COULD CAUSE DAMAGE ALONG COASTLINES OF ALL ISLANDS IN THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES. EACH INDIVIDUAL WAVE CREST CAN LAST 5 TO 15 MINUTES OR MORE AND EXTENSIVELY FLOOD COASTAL AREAS. THE DANGER CAN CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE AS SUBSEQUENT WAVES ARRIVE. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. TSUNAMI WAVES EFFICIENTLY WRAP AROUND ISLANDS. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE. THE TROUGH OF A TSUNAMI WAVE MAY TEMPORARILY EXPOSE THE SEAFLOOR BUT THE AREA WILL QUICKLY FLOOD AGAIN. EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEARSHORE CURRENTS CAN ACCOMPANY A TSUNAMI. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI AMPLIFIES ITS DESTRUCTIVE POWER. SIMULTANEOUS HIGH TIDES OR HIGH SURF CAN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE TSUNAMI HAZARD. THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIME IN HAWAII OF THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS 0307 AM HST FRI 11 MAR 2011 MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Oahu North Shore (Hawaii)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 HIZ001>028-111300- NIIHAU-KAUAI WINDWARD-KAUAI LEEWARD-KAUAI MOUNTAINS- OAHU SOUTH SHORE-WAIANAE COAST-OAHU NORTH SHORE-OAHU KOOLAU- OLOMANA-CENTRAL OAHU-WAIANAE MOUNTAINS-MOLOKAI WINDWARD- MOLOKAI LEEWARD-LANAI MAKAI-LANAI MAUKA-KAHOOLAWE- MAUI WINDWARD WEST-MAUI LEEWARD WEST-MAUI CENTRAL VALLEY- WINDWARD HALEAKALA-LEEWARD HALEAKALA-HALEAKALA SUMMIT-KONA- SOUTH BIG ISLAND-BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA- BIG ISLAND INTERIOR-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...TSUNAMI WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII... AN 8.9 MOMENT MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE NEAR JAPAN HAS CREATED A WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI...AND A TSUNAMI WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. THE FIRST WAVE IS ESTIMATED TO ARRIVE APPROXIMATELY AT 307 AM HST FOR KAUAI...321 AM HST FOR OAHU...327 AM HST FOR MAUI...AND 346 AM HST FOR THE BIG ISLAND. UNUSUAL WAVE ACTION IS POSSIBLE FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF THE WAVES. EXACT TSUNAMI HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES...WHICH ARE NOT SURFABLE. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE...AND YOU SHOULD REMAIN WELL AWAY FROM THE COASTLINE UNTIL THE TSUNAMI THREAT SUBSIDES...AS EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEAR SHORE CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI ALSO POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. TSUNAMI WAVES ARE AMPLIFIED AS THEY ENTER HARBORS AND BAYS...AND BOATERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SIGNIFICANT SURGES IN HARBORS SUCH AS HONOLULU...NAWILILI...HALEIWA...KAHULUI...HILO...AND KAWAIHAE. BOATS ARE SAFER OUT OF THE HARBOR AND BOATERS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO MOVE THEIR VESSELS TO SAFETY. TSUNAMI EVACUATION MAPS CAN BE FOUND IN THE FRONT OF THE YELLOW PAGES. FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF YOUR LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE FROM THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER. $$ HOUSTON/HARRISONIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Tsunami Warning
Oahu North Shore (Hawaii)
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 8 HIZ001>003-005>009-012>014-016>021-023>026-111431- /O.CON.PHEB.TS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ BULLETIN TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 8 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 231 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WARNING SUPPLEMENT A TSUNAMI WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS ORIGIN TIME - 0746 PM HST 10 MAR 2011 COORDINATES - 38.3 NORTH 142.4 EAST LOCATION - NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU JAPAN MAGNITUDE - 8.9 MOMENT MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER DART 52402 11.7N 154.2E 0931Z 0.29M / 0.9FT 22MIN DART 46403 52.7N 156.9W 1127Z 0.09M / 0.3FT 60MIN LEGASPI PH 13.1N 123.8E 1116Z 0.25M / 0.8FT 58MIN KWAJALEIN MH 8.7N 167.7E 1111Z 0.55M / 1.8FT 48MIN NIKOLSKI AK 52.9N 168.9W 1109Z 0.27M / 0.9FT 64MIN HANASAKI HOKKAIDO J 43.3N 145.6E 0656Z 1.83M / 6.0FT 24MIN MIDWAY 28.2N 177.4W 1048Z 1.27M / 4.2FT 12MIN TOSASHIMIZU SHIKOKU 32.8N 133.0E 0946Z 0.84M / 2.8FT 28MIN ADAK AK 51.9N 176.6W 1034Z 0.35M / 1.2FT 22MIN YAP FM 9.5N 138.1E 1013Z 0.15M / 0.5FT 88MIN DART 21415 50.2N 171.8E 0845Z 0.27M / 0.9FT 52MIN WAKE US 19.3N 166.6E 0928Z 0.39M / 1.3FT 14MIN NAHA OKINAWA JP 26.2N 127.7E 0901Z 0.25M / 0.8FT 60MIN SAIPAN US 15.2N 145.7E 0916Z 0.65M / 2.1FT 30MIN OMAEZAKI HONSHU JP 34.6N 138.2E 0818Z 1.42M / 4.6FT 56MIN DART 21419 44.5N 155.7E 0716Z 0.40M / 1.3FT 20MIN DART 21413 30.5N 152.1E 0659Z 0.76M / 2.5FT 32MIN DART 21401 42.6N 152.6E 0643Z 0.67M / 2.2FT 40MIN DART 21418 38.7N 148.7E 0619Z 1.08M / 3.5FT 06MIN 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. NOTE - DART MEASUREMENTS ARE FROM THE DEEP OCEAN AND THEY ARE GENERALLY MUCH SMALLER THAN WOULD BE COASTAL MEASUREMENTS AT SIMILAR LOCATIONS. EVALUATION A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED THAT COULD CAUSE DAMAGE ALONG COASTLINES OF ALL ISLANDS IN THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES. EACH INDIVIDUAL WAVE CREST CAN LAST 5 TO 15 MINUTES OR MORE AND EXTENSIVELY FLOOD COASTAL AREAS. THE DANGER CAN CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE AS SUBSEQUENT WAVES ARRIVE. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. TSUNAMI WAVES EFFICIENTLY WRAP AROUND ISLANDS. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE. THE TROUGH OF A TSUNAMI WAVE MAY TEMPORARILY EXPOSE THE SEAFLOOR BUT THE AREA WILL QUICKLY FLOOD AGAIN. EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEARSHORE CURRENTS CAN ACCOMPANY A TSUNAMI. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI AMPLIFIES ITS DESTRUCTIVE POWER. SIMULTANEOUS HIGH TIDES OR HIGH SURF CAN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE TSUNAMI HAZARD. THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIME IN HAWAII OF THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS 0307 AM HST FRI 11 MAR 2011 MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Oahu Koolau (Hawaii)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 HIZ001>028-111300- NIIHAU-KAUAI WINDWARD-KAUAI LEEWARD-KAUAI MOUNTAINS- OAHU SOUTH SHORE-WAIANAE COAST-OAHU NORTH SHORE-OAHU KOOLAU- OLOMANA-CENTRAL OAHU-WAIANAE MOUNTAINS-MOLOKAI WINDWARD- MOLOKAI LEEWARD-LANAI MAKAI-LANAI MAUKA-KAHOOLAWE- MAUI WINDWARD WEST-MAUI LEEWARD WEST-MAUI CENTRAL VALLEY- WINDWARD HALEAKALA-LEEWARD HALEAKALA-HALEAKALA SUMMIT-KONA- SOUTH BIG ISLAND-BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA- BIG ISLAND INTERIOR-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...TSUNAMI WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII... AN 8.9 MOMENT MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE NEAR JAPAN HAS CREATED A WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI...AND A TSUNAMI WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. THE FIRST WAVE IS ESTIMATED TO ARRIVE APPROXIMATELY AT 307 AM HST FOR KAUAI...321 AM HST FOR OAHU...327 AM HST FOR MAUI...AND 346 AM HST FOR THE BIG ISLAND. UNUSUAL WAVE ACTION IS POSSIBLE FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF THE WAVES. EXACT TSUNAMI HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES...WHICH ARE NOT SURFABLE. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE...AND YOU SHOULD REMAIN WELL AWAY FROM THE COASTLINE UNTIL THE TSUNAMI THREAT SUBSIDES...AS EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEAR SHORE CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI ALSO POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. TSUNAMI WAVES ARE AMPLIFIED AS THEY ENTER HARBORS AND BAYS...AND BOATERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SIGNIFICANT SURGES IN HARBORS SUCH AS HONOLULU...NAWILILI...HALEIWA...KAHULUI...HILO...AND KAWAIHAE. BOATS ARE SAFER OUT OF THE HARBOR AND BOATERS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO MOVE THEIR VESSELS TO SAFETY. TSUNAMI EVACUATION MAPS CAN BE FOUND IN THE FRONT OF THE YELLOW PAGES. FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF YOUR LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE FROM THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER. $$ HOUSTON/HARRISONIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Tsunami Warning
Oahu Koolau (Hawaii)
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 8 HIZ001>003-005>009-012>014-016>021-023>026-111431- /O.CON.PHEB.TS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ BULLETIN TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 8 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 231 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WARNING SUPPLEMENT A TSUNAMI WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS ORIGIN TIME - 0746 PM HST 10 MAR 2011 COORDINATES - 38.3 NORTH 142.4 EAST LOCATION - NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU JAPAN MAGNITUDE - 8.9 MOMENT MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER DART 52402 11.7N 154.2E 0931Z 0.29M / 0.9FT 22MIN DART 46403 52.7N 156.9W 1127Z 0.09M / 0.3FT 60MIN LEGASPI PH 13.1N 123.8E 1116Z 0.25M / 0.8FT 58MIN KWAJALEIN MH 8.7N 167.7E 1111Z 0.55M / 1.8FT 48MIN NIKOLSKI AK 52.9N 168.9W 1109Z 0.27M / 0.9FT 64MIN HANASAKI HOKKAIDO J 43.3N 145.6E 0656Z 1.83M / 6.0FT 24MIN MIDWAY 28.2N 177.4W 1048Z 1.27M / 4.2FT 12MIN TOSASHIMIZU SHIKOKU 32.8N 133.0E 0946Z 0.84M / 2.8FT 28MIN ADAK AK 51.9N 176.6W 1034Z 0.35M / 1.2FT 22MIN YAP FM 9.5N 138.1E 1013Z 0.15M / 0.5FT 88MIN DART 21415 50.2N 171.8E 0845Z 0.27M / 0.9FT 52MIN WAKE US 19.3N 166.6E 0928Z 0.39M / 1.3FT 14MIN NAHA OKINAWA JP 26.2N 127.7E 0901Z 0.25M / 0.8FT 60MIN SAIPAN US 15.2N 145.7E 0916Z 0.65M / 2.1FT 30MIN OMAEZAKI HONSHU JP 34.6N 138.2E 0818Z 1.42M / 4.6FT 56MIN DART 21419 44.5N 155.7E 0716Z 0.40M / 1.3FT 20MIN DART 21413 30.5N 152.1E 0659Z 0.76M / 2.5FT 32MIN DART 21401 42.6N 152.6E 0643Z 0.67M / 2.2FT 40MIN DART 21418 38.7N 148.7E 0619Z 1.08M / 3.5FT 06MIN 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. NOTE - DART MEASUREMENTS ARE FROM THE DEEP OCEAN AND THEY ARE GENERALLY MUCH SMALLER THAN WOULD BE COASTAL MEASUREMENTS AT SIMILAR LOCATIONS. EVALUATION A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED THAT COULD CAUSE DAMAGE ALONG COASTLINES OF ALL ISLANDS IN THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES. EACH INDIVIDUAL WAVE CREST CAN LAST 5 TO 15 MINUTES OR MORE AND EXTENSIVELY FLOOD COASTAL AREAS. THE DANGER CAN CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE AS SUBSEQUENT WAVES ARRIVE. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. TSUNAMI WAVES EFFICIENTLY WRAP AROUND ISLANDS. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE. THE TROUGH OF A TSUNAMI WAVE MAY TEMPORARILY EXPOSE THE SEAFLOOR BUT THE AREA WILL QUICKLY FLOOD AGAIN. EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEARSHORE CURRENTS CAN ACCOMPANY A TSUNAMI. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI AMPLIFIES ITS DESTRUCTIVE POWER. SIMULTANEOUS HIGH TIDES OR HIGH SURF CAN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE TSUNAMI HAZARD. THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIME IN HAWAII OF THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS 0307 AM HST FRI 11 MAR 2011 MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Tsunami Warning
Olomana (Hawaii)
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 8 HIZ001>003-005>009-012>014-016>021-023>026-111431- /O.CON.PHEB.TS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ BULLETIN TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 8 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 231 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WARNING SUPPLEMENT A TSUNAMI WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS ORIGIN TIME - 0746 PM HST 10 MAR 2011 COORDINATES - 38.3 NORTH 142.4 EAST LOCATION - NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU JAPAN MAGNITUDE - 8.9 MOMENT MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER DART 52402 11.7N 154.2E 0931Z 0.29M / 0.9FT 22MIN DART 46403 52.7N 156.9W 1127Z 0.09M / 0.3FT 60MIN LEGASPI PH 13.1N 123.8E 1116Z 0.25M / 0.8FT 58MIN KWAJALEIN MH 8.7N 167.7E 1111Z 0.55M / 1.8FT 48MIN NIKOLSKI AK 52.9N 168.9W 1109Z 0.27M / 0.9FT 64MIN HANASAKI HOKKAIDO J 43.3N 145.6E 0656Z 1.83M / 6.0FT 24MIN MIDWAY 28.2N 177.4W 1048Z 1.27M / 4.2FT 12MIN TOSASHIMIZU SHIKOKU 32.8N 133.0E 0946Z 0.84M / 2.8FT 28MIN ADAK AK 51.9N 176.6W 1034Z 0.35M / 1.2FT 22MIN YAP FM 9.5N 138.1E 1013Z 0.15M / 0.5FT 88MIN DART 21415 50.2N 171.8E 0845Z 0.27M / 0.9FT 52MIN WAKE US 19.3N 166.6E 0928Z 0.39M / 1.3FT 14MIN NAHA OKINAWA JP 26.2N 127.7E 0901Z 0.25M / 0.8FT 60MIN SAIPAN US 15.2N 145.7E 0916Z 0.65M / 2.1FT 30MIN OMAEZAKI HONSHU JP 34.6N 138.2E 0818Z 1.42M / 4.6FT 56MIN DART 21419 44.5N 155.7E 0716Z 0.40M / 1.3FT 20MIN DART 21413 30.5N 152.1E 0659Z 0.76M / 2.5FT 32MIN DART 21401 42.6N 152.6E 0643Z 0.67M / 2.2FT 40MIN DART 21418 38.7N 148.7E 0619Z 1.08M / 3.5FT 06MIN 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. NOTE - DART MEASUREMENTS ARE FROM THE DEEP OCEAN AND THEY ARE GENERALLY MUCH SMALLER THAN WOULD BE COASTAL MEASUREMENTS AT SIMILAR LOCATIONS. EVALUATION A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED THAT COULD CAUSE DAMAGE ALONG COASTLINES OF ALL ISLANDS IN THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES. EACH INDIVIDUAL WAVE CREST CAN LAST 5 TO 15 MINUTES OR MORE AND EXTENSIVELY FLOOD COASTAL AREAS. THE DANGER CAN CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE AS SUBSEQUENT WAVES ARRIVE. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. TSUNAMI WAVES EFFICIENTLY WRAP AROUND ISLANDS. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE. THE TROUGH OF A TSUNAMI WAVE MAY TEMPORARILY EXPOSE THE SEAFLOOR BUT THE AREA WILL QUICKLY FLOOD AGAIN. EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEARSHORE CURRENTS CAN ACCOMPANY A TSUNAMI. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI AMPLIFIES ITS DESTRUCTIVE POWER. SIMULTANEOUS HIGH TIDES OR HIGH SURF CAN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE TSUNAMI HAZARD. THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIME IN HAWAII OF THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS 0307 AM HST FRI 11 MAR 2011 MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Olomana (Hawaii)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 HIZ001>028-111300- NIIHAU-KAUAI WINDWARD-KAUAI LEEWARD-KAUAI MOUNTAINS- OAHU SOUTH SHORE-WAIANAE COAST-OAHU NORTH SHORE-OAHU KOOLAU- OLOMANA-CENTRAL OAHU-WAIANAE MOUNTAINS-MOLOKAI WINDWARD- MOLOKAI LEEWARD-LANAI MAKAI-LANAI MAUKA-KAHOOLAWE- MAUI WINDWARD WEST-MAUI LEEWARD WEST-MAUI CENTRAL VALLEY- WINDWARD HALEAKALA-LEEWARD HALEAKALA-HALEAKALA SUMMIT-KONA- SOUTH BIG ISLAND-BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA- BIG ISLAND INTERIOR-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...TSUNAMI WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII... AN 8.9 MOMENT MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE NEAR JAPAN HAS CREATED A WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI...AND A TSUNAMI WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. THE FIRST WAVE IS ESTIMATED TO ARRIVE APPROXIMATELY AT 307 AM HST FOR KAUAI...321 AM HST FOR OAHU...327 AM HST FOR MAUI...AND 346 AM HST FOR THE BIG ISLAND. UNUSUAL WAVE ACTION IS POSSIBLE FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF THE WAVES. EXACT TSUNAMI HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES...WHICH ARE NOT SURFABLE. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE...AND YOU SHOULD REMAIN WELL AWAY FROM THE COASTLINE UNTIL THE TSUNAMI THREAT SUBSIDES...AS EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEAR SHORE CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI ALSO POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. TSUNAMI WAVES ARE AMPLIFIED AS THEY ENTER HARBORS AND BAYS...AND BOATERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SIGNIFICANT SURGES IN HARBORS SUCH AS HONOLULU...NAWILILI...HALEIWA...KAHULUI...HILO...AND KAWAIHAE. BOATS ARE SAFER OUT OF THE HARBOR AND BOATERS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO MOVE THEIR VESSELS TO SAFETY. TSUNAMI EVACUATION MAPS CAN BE FOUND IN THE FRONT OF THE YELLOW PAGES. FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF YOUR LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE FROM THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER. $$ HOUSTON/HARRISONIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Central Oahu (Hawaii)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 HIZ001>028-111300- NIIHAU-KAUAI WINDWARD-KAUAI LEEWARD-KAUAI MOUNTAINS- OAHU SOUTH SHORE-WAIANAE COAST-OAHU NORTH SHORE-OAHU KOOLAU- OLOMANA-CENTRAL OAHU-WAIANAE MOUNTAINS-MOLOKAI WINDWARD- MOLOKAI LEEWARD-LANAI MAKAI-LANAI MAUKA-KAHOOLAWE- MAUI WINDWARD WEST-MAUI LEEWARD WEST-MAUI CENTRAL VALLEY- WINDWARD HALEAKALA-LEEWARD HALEAKALA-HALEAKALA SUMMIT-KONA- SOUTH BIG ISLAND-BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA- BIG ISLAND INTERIOR-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...TSUNAMI WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII... AN 8.9 MOMENT MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE NEAR JAPAN HAS CREATED A WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI...AND A TSUNAMI WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. THE FIRST WAVE IS ESTIMATED TO ARRIVE APPROXIMATELY AT 307 AM HST FOR KAUAI...321 AM HST FOR OAHU...327 AM HST FOR MAUI...AND 346 AM HST FOR THE BIG ISLAND. UNUSUAL WAVE ACTION IS POSSIBLE FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF THE WAVES. EXACT TSUNAMI HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES...WHICH ARE NOT SURFABLE. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE...AND YOU SHOULD REMAIN WELL AWAY FROM THE COASTLINE UNTIL THE TSUNAMI THREAT SUBSIDES...AS EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEAR SHORE CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI ALSO POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. TSUNAMI WAVES ARE AMPLIFIED AS THEY ENTER HARBORS AND BAYS...AND BOATERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SIGNIFICANT SURGES IN HARBORS SUCH AS HONOLULU...NAWILILI...HALEIWA...KAHULUI...HILO...AND KAWAIHAE. BOATS ARE SAFER OUT OF THE HARBOR AND BOATERS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO MOVE THEIR VESSELS TO SAFETY. TSUNAMI EVACUATION MAPS CAN BE FOUND IN THE FRONT OF THE YELLOW PAGES. FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF YOUR LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE FROM THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER. $$ HOUSTON/HARRISONIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Waianae Mountains (Hawaii)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 HIZ001>028-111300- NIIHAU-KAUAI WINDWARD-KAUAI LEEWARD-KAUAI MOUNTAINS- OAHU SOUTH SHORE-WAIANAE COAST-OAHU NORTH SHORE-OAHU KOOLAU- OLOMANA-CENTRAL OAHU-WAIANAE MOUNTAINS-MOLOKAI WINDWARD- MOLOKAI LEEWARD-LANAI MAKAI-LANAI MAUKA-KAHOOLAWE- MAUI WINDWARD WEST-MAUI LEEWARD WEST-MAUI CENTRAL VALLEY- WINDWARD HALEAKALA-LEEWARD HALEAKALA-HALEAKALA SUMMIT-KONA- SOUTH BIG ISLAND-BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA- BIG ISLAND INTERIOR-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...TSUNAMI WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII... AN 8.9 MOMENT MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE NEAR JAPAN HAS CREATED A WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI...AND A TSUNAMI WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. THE FIRST WAVE IS ESTIMATED TO ARRIVE APPROXIMATELY AT 307 AM HST FOR KAUAI...321 AM HST FOR OAHU...327 AM HST FOR MAUI...AND 346 AM HST FOR THE BIG ISLAND. UNUSUAL WAVE ACTION IS POSSIBLE FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF THE WAVES. EXACT TSUNAMI HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES...WHICH ARE NOT SURFABLE. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE...AND YOU SHOULD REMAIN WELL AWAY FROM THE COASTLINE UNTIL THE TSUNAMI THREAT SUBSIDES...AS EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEAR SHORE CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI ALSO POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. TSUNAMI WAVES ARE AMPLIFIED AS THEY ENTER HARBORS AND BAYS...AND BOATERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SIGNIFICANT SURGES IN HARBORS SUCH AS HONOLULU...NAWILILI...HALEIWA...KAHULUI...HILO...AND KAWAIHAE. BOATS ARE SAFER OUT OF THE HARBOR AND BOATERS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO MOVE THEIR VESSELS TO SAFETY. TSUNAMI EVACUATION MAPS CAN BE FOUND IN THE FRONT OF THE YELLOW PAGES. FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF YOUR LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE FROM THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER. $$ HOUSTON/HARRISONIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Tsunami Warning
Molokai Windward (Hawaii)
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 8 HIZ001>003-005>009-012>014-016>021-023>026-111431- /O.CON.PHEB.TS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ BULLETIN TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 8 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 231 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WARNING SUPPLEMENT A TSUNAMI WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS ORIGIN TIME - 0746 PM HST 10 MAR 2011 COORDINATES - 38.3 NORTH 142.4 EAST LOCATION - NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU JAPAN MAGNITUDE - 8.9 MOMENT MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER DART 52402 11.7N 154.2E 0931Z 0.29M / 0.9FT 22MIN DART 46403 52.7N 156.9W 1127Z 0.09M / 0.3FT 60MIN LEGASPI PH 13.1N 123.8E 1116Z 0.25M / 0.8FT 58MIN KWAJALEIN MH 8.7N 167.7E 1111Z 0.55M / 1.8FT 48MIN NIKOLSKI AK 52.9N 168.9W 1109Z 0.27M / 0.9FT 64MIN HANASAKI HOKKAIDO J 43.3N 145.6E 0656Z 1.83M / 6.0FT 24MIN MIDWAY 28.2N 177.4W 1048Z 1.27M / 4.2FT 12MIN TOSASHIMIZU SHIKOKU 32.8N 133.0E 0946Z 0.84M / 2.8FT 28MIN ADAK AK 51.9N 176.6W 1034Z 0.35M / 1.2FT 22MIN YAP FM 9.5N 138.1E 1013Z 0.15M / 0.5FT 88MIN DART 21415 50.2N 171.8E 0845Z 0.27M / 0.9FT 52MIN WAKE US 19.3N 166.6E 0928Z 0.39M / 1.3FT 14MIN NAHA OKINAWA JP 26.2N 127.7E 0901Z 0.25M / 0.8FT 60MIN SAIPAN US 15.2N 145.7E 0916Z 0.65M / 2.1FT 30MIN OMAEZAKI HONSHU JP 34.6N 138.2E 0818Z 1.42M / 4.6FT 56MIN DART 21419 44.5N 155.7E 0716Z 0.40M / 1.3FT 20MIN DART 21413 30.5N 152.1E 0659Z 0.76M / 2.5FT 32MIN DART 21401 42.6N 152.6E 0643Z 0.67M / 2.2FT 40MIN DART 21418 38.7N 148.7E 0619Z 1.08M / 3.5FT 06MIN 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. NOTE - DART MEASUREMENTS ARE FROM THE DEEP OCEAN AND THEY ARE GENERALLY MUCH SMALLER THAN WOULD BE COASTAL MEASUREMENTS AT SIMILAR LOCATIONS. EVALUATION A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED THAT COULD CAUSE DAMAGE ALONG COASTLINES OF ALL ISLANDS IN THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES. EACH INDIVIDUAL WAVE CREST CAN LAST 5 TO 15 MINUTES OR MORE AND EXTENSIVELY FLOOD COASTAL AREAS. THE DANGER CAN CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE AS SUBSEQUENT WAVES ARRIVE. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. TSUNAMI WAVES EFFICIENTLY WRAP AROUND ISLANDS. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE. THE TROUGH OF A TSUNAMI WAVE MAY TEMPORARILY EXPOSE THE SEAFLOOR BUT THE AREA WILL QUICKLY FLOOD AGAIN. EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEARSHORE CURRENTS CAN ACCOMPANY A TSUNAMI. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI AMPLIFIES ITS DESTRUCTIVE POWER. SIMULTANEOUS HIGH TIDES OR HIGH SURF CAN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE TSUNAMI HAZARD. THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIME IN HAWAII OF THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS 0307 AM HST FRI 11 MAR 2011 MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Molokai Windward (Hawaii)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 HIZ001>028-111300- NIIHAU-KAUAI WINDWARD-KAUAI LEEWARD-KAUAI MOUNTAINS- OAHU SOUTH SHORE-WAIANAE COAST-OAHU NORTH SHORE-OAHU KOOLAU- OLOMANA-CENTRAL OAHU-WAIANAE MOUNTAINS-MOLOKAI WINDWARD- MOLOKAI LEEWARD-LANAI MAKAI-LANAI MAUKA-KAHOOLAWE- MAUI WINDWARD WEST-MAUI LEEWARD WEST-MAUI CENTRAL VALLEY- WINDWARD HALEAKALA-LEEWARD HALEAKALA-HALEAKALA SUMMIT-KONA- SOUTH BIG ISLAND-BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA- BIG ISLAND INTERIOR-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...TSUNAMI WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII... AN 8.9 MOMENT MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE NEAR JAPAN HAS CREATED A WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI...AND A TSUNAMI WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. THE FIRST WAVE IS ESTIMATED TO ARRIVE APPROXIMATELY AT 307 AM HST FOR KAUAI...321 AM HST FOR OAHU...327 AM HST FOR MAUI...AND 346 AM HST FOR THE BIG ISLAND. UNUSUAL WAVE ACTION IS POSSIBLE FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF THE WAVES. EXACT TSUNAMI HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES...WHICH ARE NOT SURFABLE. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE...AND YOU SHOULD REMAIN WELL AWAY FROM THE COASTLINE UNTIL THE TSUNAMI THREAT SUBSIDES...AS EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEAR SHORE CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI ALSO POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. TSUNAMI WAVES ARE AMPLIFIED AS THEY ENTER HARBORS AND BAYS...AND BOATERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SIGNIFICANT SURGES IN HARBORS SUCH AS HONOLULU...NAWILILI...HALEIWA...KAHULUI...HILO...AND KAWAIHAE. BOATS ARE SAFER OUT OF THE HARBOR AND BOATERS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO MOVE THEIR VESSELS TO SAFETY. TSUNAMI EVACUATION MAPS CAN BE FOUND IN THE FRONT OF THE YELLOW PAGES. FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF YOUR LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE FROM THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER. $$ HOUSTON/HARRISONIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Tsunami Warning
Molokai Leeward (Hawaii)
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 8 HIZ001>003-005>009-012>014-016>021-023>026-111431- /O.CON.PHEB.TS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ BULLETIN TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 8 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 231 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WARNING SUPPLEMENT A TSUNAMI WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS ORIGIN TIME - 0746 PM HST 10 MAR 2011 COORDINATES - 38.3 NORTH 142.4 EAST LOCATION - NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU JAPAN MAGNITUDE - 8.9 MOMENT MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER DART 52402 11.7N 154.2E 0931Z 0.29M / 0.9FT 22MIN DART 46403 52.7N 156.9W 1127Z 0.09M / 0.3FT 60MIN LEGASPI PH 13.1N 123.8E 1116Z 0.25M / 0.8FT 58MIN KWAJALEIN MH 8.7N 167.7E 1111Z 0.55M / 1.8FT 48MIN NIKOLSKI AK 52.9N 168.9W 1109Z 0.27M / 0.9FT 64MIN HANASAKI HOKKAIDO J 43.3N 145.6E 0656Z 1.83M / 6.0FT 24MIN MIDWAY 28.2N 177.4W 1048Z 1.27M / 4.2FT 12MIN TOSASHIMIZU SHIKOKU 32.8N 133.0E 0946Z 0.84M / 2.8FT 28MIN ADAK AK 51.9N 176.6W 1034Z 0.35M / 1.2FT 22MIN YAP FM 9.5N 138.1E 1013Z 0.15M / 0.5FT 88MIN DART 21415 50.2N 171.8E 0845Z 0.27M / 0.9FT 52MIN WAKE US 19.3N 166.6E 0928Z 0.39M / 1.3FT 14MIN NAHA OKINAWA JP 26.2N 127.7E 0901Z 0.25M / 0.8FT 60MIN SAIPAN US 15.2N 145.7E 0916Z 0.65M / 2.1FT 30MIN OMAEZAKI HONSHU JP 34.6N 138.2E 0818Z 1.42M / 4.6FT 56MIN DART 21419 44.5N 155.7E 0716Z 0.40M / 1.3FT 20MIN DART 21413 30.5N 152.1E 0659Z 0.76M / 2.5FT 32MIN DART 21401 42.6N 152.6E 0643Z 0.67M / 2.2FT 40MIN DART 21418 38.7N 148.7E 0619Z 1.08M / 3.5FT 06MIN 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. NOTE - DART MEASUREMENTS ARE FROM THE DEEP OCEAN AND THEY ARE GENERALLY MUCH SMALLER THAN WOULD BE COASTAL MEASUREMENTS AT SIMILAR LOCATIONS. EVALUATION A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED THAT COULD CAUSE DAMAGE ALONG COASTLINES OF ALL ISLANDS IN THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES. EACH INDIVIDUAL WAVE CREST CAN LAST 5 TO 15 MINUTES OR MORE AND EXTENSIVELY FLOOD COASTAL AREAS. THE DANGER CAN CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE AS SUBSEQUENT WAVES ARRIVE. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. TSUNAMI WAVES EFFICIENTLY WRAP AROUND ISLANDS. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE. THE TROUGH OF A TSUNAMI WAVE MAY TEMPORARILY EXPOSE THE SEAFLOOR BUT THE AREA WILL QUICKLY FLOOD AGAIN. EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEARSHORE CURRENTS CAN ACCOMPANY A TSUNAMI. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI AMPLIFIES ITS DESTRUCTIVE POWER. SIMULTANEOUS HIGH TIDES OR HIGH SURF CAN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE TSUNAMI HAZARD. THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIME IN HAWAII OF THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS 0307 AM HST FRI 11 MAR 2011 MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Molokai Leeward (Hawaii)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 HIZ001>028-111300- NIIHAU-KAUAI WINDWARD-KAUAI LEEWARD-KAUAI MOUNTAINS- OAHU SOUTH SHORE-WAIANAE COAST-OAHU NORTH SHORE-OAHU KOOLAU- OLOMANA-CENTRAL OAHU-WAIANAE MOUNTAINS-MOLOKAI WINDWARD- MOLOKAI LEEWARD-LANAI MAKAI-LANAI MAUKA-KAHOOLAWE- MAUI WINDWARD WEST-MAUI LEEWARD WEST-MAUI CENTRAL VALLEY- WINDWARD HALEAKALA-LEEWARD HALEAKALA-HALEAKALA SUMMIT-KONA- SOUTH BIG ISLAND-BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA- BIG ISLAND INTERIOR-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...TSUNAMI WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII... AN 8.9 MOMENT MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE NEAR JAPAN HAS CREATED A WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI...AND A TSUNAMI WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. THE FIRST WAVE IS ESTIMATED TO ARRIVE APPROXIMATELY AT 307 AM HST FOR KAUAI...321 AM HST FOR OAHU...327 AM HST FOR MAUI...AND 346 AM HST FOR THE BIG ISLAND. UNUSUAL WAVE ACTION IS POSSIBLE FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF THE WAVES. EXACT TSUNAMI HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES...WHICH ARE NOT SURFABLE. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE...AND YOU SHOULD REMAIN WELL AWAY FROM THE COASTLINE UNTIL THE TSUNAMI THREAT SUBSIDES...AS EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEAR SHORE CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI ALSO POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. TSUNAMI WAVES ARE AMPLIFIED AS THEY ENTER HARBORS AND BAYS...AND BOATERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SIGNIFICANT SURGES IN HARBORS SUCH AS HONOLULU...NAWILILI...HALEIWA...KAHULUI...HILO...AND KAWAIHAE. BOATS ARE SAFER OUT OF THE HARBOR AND BOATERS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO MOVE THEIR VESSELS TO SAFETY. TSUNAMI EVACUATION MAPS CAN BE FOUND IN THE FRONT OF THE YELLOW PAGES. FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF YOUR LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE FROM THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER. $$ HOUSTON/HARRISONIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Tsunami Warning
Lanai Makai (Hawaii)
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 8 HIZ001>003-005>009-012>014-016>021-023>026-111431- /O.CON.PHEB.TS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ BULLETIN TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 8 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 231 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WARNING SUPPLEMENT A TSUNAMI WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS ORIGIN TIME - 0746 PM HST 10 MAR 2011 COORDINATES - 38.3 NORTH 142.4 EAST LOCATION - NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU JAPAN MAGNITUDE - 8.9 MOMENT MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER DART 52402 11.7N 154.2E 0931Z 0.29M / 0.9FT 22MIN DART 46403 52.7N 156.9W 1127Z 0.09M / 0.3FT 60MIN LEGASPI PH 13.1N 123.8E 1116Z 0.25M / 0.8FT 58MIN KWAJALEIN MH 8.7N 167.7E 1111Z 0.55M / 1.8FT 48MIN NIKOLSKI AK 52.9N 168.9W 1109Z 0.27M / 0.9FT 64MIN HANASAKI HOKKAIDO J 43.3N 145.6E 0656Z 1.83M / 6.0FT 24MIN MIDWAY 28.2N 177.4W 1048Z 1.27M / 4.2FT 12MIN TOSASHIMIZU SHIKOKU 32.8N 133.0E 0946Z 0.84M / 2.8FT 28MIN ADAK AK 51.9N 176.6W 1034Z 0.35M / 1.2FT 22MIN YAP FM 9.5N 138.1E 1013Z 0.15M / 0.5FT 88MIN DART 21415 50.2N 171.8E 0845Z 0.27M / 0.9FT 52MIN WAKE US 19.3N 166.6E 0928Z 0.39M / 1.3FT 14MIN NAHA OKINAWA JP 26.2N 127.7E 0901Z 0.25M / 0.8FT 60MIN SAIPAN US 15.2N 145.7E 0916Z 0.65M / 2.1FT 30MIN OMAEZAKI HONSHU JP 34.6N 138.2E 0818Z 1.42M / 4.6FT 56MIN DART 21419 44.5N 155.7E 0716Z 0.40M / 1.3FT 20MIN DART 21413 30.5N 152.1E 0659Z 0.76M / 2.5FT 32MIN DART 21401 42.6N 152.6E 0643Z 0.67M / 2.2FT 40MIN DART 21418 38.7N 148.7E 0619Z 1.08M / 3.5FT 06MIN 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. NOTE - DART MEASUREMENTS ARE FROM THE DEEP OCEAN AND THEY ARE GENERALLY MUCH SMALLER THAN WOULD BE COASTAL MEASUREMENTS AT SIMILAR LOCATIONS. EVALUATION A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED THAT COULD CAUSE DAMAGE ALONG COASTLINES OF ALL ISLANDS IN THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES. EACH INDIVIDUAL WAVE CREST CAN LAST 5 TO 15 MINUTES OR MORE AND EXTENSIVELY FLOOD COASTAL AREAS. THE DANGER CAN CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE AS SUBSEQUENT WAVES ARRIVE. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. TSUNAMI WAVES EFFICIENTLY WRAP AROUND ISLANDS. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE. THE TROUGH OF A TSUNAMI WAVE MAY TEMPORARILY EXPOSE THE SEAFLOOR BUT THE AREA WILL QUICKLY FLOOD AGAIN. EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEARSHORE CURRENTS CAN ACCOMPANY A TSUNAMI. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI AMPLIFIES ITS DESTRUCTIVE POWER. SIMULTANEOUS HIGH TIDES OR HIGH SURF CAN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE TSUNAMI HAZARD. THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIME IN HAWAII OF THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS 0307 AM HST FRI 11 MAR 2011 MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Lanai Makai (Hawaii)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 HIZ001>028-111300- NIIHAU-KAUAI WINDWARD-KAUAI LEEWARD-KAUAI MOUNTAINS- OAHU SOUTH SHORE-WAIANAE COAST-OAHU NORTH SHORE-OAHU KOOLAU- OLOMANA-CENTRAL OAHU-WAIANAE MOUNTAINS-MOLOKAI WINDWARD- MOLOKAI LEEWARD-LANAI MAKAI-LANAI MAUKA-KAHOOLAWE- MAUI WINDWARD WEST-MAUI LEEWARD WEST-MAUI CENTRAL VALLEY- WINDWARD HALEAKALA-LEEWARD HALEAKALA-HALEAKALA SUMMIT-KONA- SOUTH BIG ISLAND-BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA- BIG ISLAND INTERIOR-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...TSUNAMI WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII... AN 8.9 MOMENT MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE NEAR JAPAN HAS CREATED A WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI...AND A TSUNAMI WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. THE FIRST WAVE IS ESTIMATED TO ARRIVE APPROXIMATELY AT 307 AM HST FOR KAUAI...321 AM HST FOR OAHU...327 AM HST FOR MAUI...AND 346 AM HST FOR THE BIG ISLAND. UNUSUAL WAVE ACTION IS POSSIBLE FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF THE WAVES. EXACT TSUNAMI HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES...WHICH ARE NOT SURFABLE. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE...AND YOU SHOULD REMAIN WELL AWAY FROM THE COASTLINE UNTIL THE TSUNAMI THREAT SUBSIDES...AS EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEAR SHORE CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI ALSO POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. TSUNAMI WAVES ARE AMPLIFIED AS THEY ENTER HARBORS AND BAYS...AND BOATERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SIGNIFICANT SURGES IN HARBORS SUCH AS HONOLULU...NAWILILI...HALEIWA...KAHULUI...HILO...AND KAWAIHAE. BOATS ARE SAFER OUT OF THE HARBOR AND BOATERS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO MOVE THEIR VESSELS TO SAFETY. TSUNAMI EVACUATION MAPS CAN BE FOUND IN THE FRONT OF THE YELLOW PAGES. FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF YOUR LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE FROM THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER. $$ HOUSTON/HARRISONIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Lanai Mauka (Hawaii)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 HIZ001>028-111300- NIIHAU-KAUAI WINDWARD-KAUAI LEEWARD-KAUAI MOUNTAINS- OAHU SOUTH SHORE-WAIANAE COAST-OAHU NORTH SHORE-OAHU KOOLAU- OLOMANA-CENTRAL OAHU-WAIANAE MOUNTAINS-MOLOKAI WINDWARD- MOLOKAI LEEWARD-LANAI MAKAI-LANAI MAUKA-KAHOOLAWE- MAUI WINDWARD WEST-MAUI LEEWARD WEST-MAUI CENTRAL VALLEY- WINDWARD HALEAKALA-LEEWARD HALEAKALA-HALEAKALA SUMMIT-KONA- SOUTH BIG ISLAND-BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA- BIG ISLAND INTERIOR-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...TSUNAMI WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII... AN 8.9 MOMENT MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE NEAR JAPAN HAS CREATED A WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI...AND A TSUNAMI WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. THE FIRST WAVE IS ESTIMATED TO ARRIVE APPROXIMATELY AT 307 AM HST FOR KAUAI...321 AM HST FOR OAHU...327 AM HST FOR MAUI...AND 346 AM HST FOR THE BIG ISLAND. UNUSUAL WAVE ACTION IS POSSIBLE FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF THE WAVES. EXACT TSUNAMI HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES...WHICH ARE NOT SURFABLE. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE...AND YOU SHOULD REMAIN WELL AWAY FROM THE COASTLINE UNTIL THE TSUNAMI THREAT SUBSIDES...AS EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEAR SHORE CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI ALSO POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. TSUNAMI WAVES ARE AMPLIFIED AS THEY ENTER HARBORS AND BAYS...AND BOATERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SIGNIFICANT SURGES IN HARBORS SUCH AS HONOLULU...NAWILILI...HALEIWA...KAHULUI...HILO...AND KAWAIHAE. BOATS ARE SAFER OUT OF THE HARBOR AND BOATERS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO MOVE THEIR VESSELS TO SAFETY. TSUNAMI EVACUATION MAPS CAN BE FOUND IN THE FRONT OF THE YELLOW PAGES. FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF YOUR LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE FROM THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER. $$ HOUSTON/HARRISONIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Tsunami Warning
Kahoolawe (Hawaii)
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 8 HIZ001>003-005>009-012>014-016>021-023>026-111431- /O.CON.PHEB.TS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ BULLETIN TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 8 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 231 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WARNING SUPPLEMENT A TSUNAMI WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS ORIGIN TIME - 0746 PM HST 10 MAR 2011 COORDINATES - 38.3 NORTH 142.4 EAST LOCATION - NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU JAPAN MAGNITUDE - 8.9 MOMENT MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER DART 52402 11.7N 154.2E 0931Z 0.29M / 0.9FT 22MIN DART 46403 52.7N 156.9W 1127Z 0.09M / 0.3FT 60MIN LEGASPI PH 13.1N 123.8E 1116Z 0.25M / 0.8FT 58MIN KWAJALEIN MH 8.7N 167.7E 1111Z 0.55M / 1.8FT 48MIN NIKOLSKI AK 52.9N 168.9W 1109Z 0.27M / 0.9FT 64MIN HANASAKI HOKKAIDO J 43.3N 145.6E 0656Z 1.83M / 6.0FT 24MIN MIDWAY 28.2N 177.4W 1048Z 1.27M / 4.2FT 12MIN TOSASHIMIZU SHIKOKU 32.8N 133.0E 0946Z 0.84M / 2.8FT 28MIN ADAK AK 51.9N 176.6W 1034Z 0.35M / 1.2FT 22MIN YAP FM 9.5N 138.1E 1013Z 0.15M / 0.5FT 88MIN DART 21415 50.2N 171.8E 0845Z 0.27M / 0.9FT 52MIN WAKE US 19.3N 166.6E 0928Z 0.39M / 1.3FT 14MIN NAHA OKINAWA JP 26.2N 127.7E 0901Z 0.25M / 0.8FT 60MIN SAIPAN US 15.2N 145.7E 0916Z 0.65M / 2.1FT 30MIN OMAEZAKI HONSHU JP 34.6N 138.2E 0818Z 1.42M / 4.6FT 56MIN DART 21419 44.5N 155.7E 0716Z 0.40M / 1.3FT 20MIN DART 21413 30.5N 152.1E 0659Z 0.76M / 2.5FT 32MIN DART 21401 42.6N 152.6E 0643Z 0.67M / 2.2FT 40MIN DART 21418 38.7N 148.7E 0619Z 1.08M / 3.5FT 06MIN 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. NOTE - DART MEASUREMENTS ARE FROM THE DEEP OCEAN AND THEY ARE GENERALLY MUCH SMALLER THAN WOULD BE COASTAL MEASUREMENTS AT SIMILAR LOCATIONS. EVALUATION A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED THAT COULD CAUSE DAMAGE ALONG COASTLINES OF ALL ISLANDS IN THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES. EACH INDIVIDUAL WAVE CREST CAN LAST 5 TO 15 MINUTES OR MORE AND EXTENSIVELY FLOOD COASTAL AREAS. THE DANGER CAN CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE AS SUBSEQUENT WAVES ARRIVE. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. TSUNAMI WAVES EFFICIENTLY WRAP AROUND ISLANDS. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE. THE TROUGH OF A TSUNAMI WAVE MAY TEMPORARILY EXPOSE THE SEAFLOOR BUT THE AREA WILL QUICKLY FLOOD AGAIN. EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEARSHORE CURRENTS CAN ACCOMPANY A TSUNAMI. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI AMPLIFIES ITS DESTRUCTIVE POWER. SIMULTANEOUS HIGH TIDES OR HIGH SURF CAN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE TSUNAMI HAZARD. THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIME IN HAWAII OF THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS 0307 AM HST FRI 11 MAR 2011 MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Kahoolawe (Hawaii)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 HIZ001>028-111300- NIIHAU-KAUAI WINDWARD-KAUAI LEEWARD-KAUAI MOUNTAINS- OAHU SOUTH SHORE-WAIANAE COAST-OAHU NORTH SHORE-OAHU KOOLAU- OLOMANA-CENTRAL OAHU-WAIANAE MOUNTAINS-MOLOKAI WINDWARD- MOLOKAI LEEWARD-LANAI MAKAI-LANAI MAUKA-KAHOOLAWE- MAUI WINDWARD WEST-MAUI LEEWARD WEST-MAUI CENTRAL VALLEY- WINDWARD HALEAKALA-LEEWARD HALEAKALA-HALEAKALA SUMMIT-KONA- SOUTH BIG ISLAND-BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA- BIG ISLAND INTERIOR-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...TSUNAMI WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII... AN 8.9 MOMENT MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE NEAR JAPAN HAS CREATED A WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI...AND A TSUNAMI WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. THE FIRST WAVE IS ESTIMATED TO ARRIVE APPROXIMATELY AT 307 AM HST FOR KAUAI...321 AM HST FOR OAHU...327 AM HST FOR MAUI...AND 346 AM HST FOR THE BIG ISLAND. UNUSUAL WAVE ACTION IS POSSIBLE FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF THE WAVES. EXACT TSUNAMI HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES...WHICH ARE NOT SURFABLE. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE...AND YOU SHOULD REMAIN WELL AWAY FROM THE COASTLINE UNTIL THE TSUNAMI THREAT SUBSIDES...AS EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEAR SHORE CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI ALSO POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. TSUNAMI WAVES ARE AMPLIFIED AS THEY ENTER HARBORS AND BAYS...AND BOATERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SIGNIFICANT SURGES IN HARBORS SUCH AS HONOLULU...NAWILILI...HALEIWA...KAHULUI...HILO...AND KAWAIHAE. BOATS ARE SAFER OUT OF THE HARBOR AND BOATERS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO MOVE THEIR VESSELS TO SAFETY. TSUNAMI EVACUATION MAPS CAN BE FOUND IN THE FRONT OF THE YELLOW PAGES. FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF YOUR LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE FROM THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER. $$ HOUSTON/HARRISONIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Tsunami Warning
Maui Windward West (Hawaii)
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 8 HIZ001>003-005>009-012>014-016>021-023>026-111431- /O.CON.PHEB.TS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ BULLETIN TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 8 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 231 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WARNING SUPPLEMENT A TSUNAMI WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS ORIGIN TIME - 0746 PM HST 10 MAR 2011 COORDINATES - 38.3 NORTH 142.4 EAST LOCATION - NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU JAPAN MAGNITUDE - 8.9 MOMENT MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER DART 52402 11.7N 154.2E 0931Z 0.29M / 0.9FT 22MIN DART 46403 52.7N 156.9W 1127Z 0.09M / 0.3FT 60MIN LEGASPI PH 13.1N 123.8E 1116Z 0.25M / 0.8FT 58MIN KWAJALEIN MH 8.7N 167.7E 1111Z 0.55M / 1.8FT 48MIN NIKOLSKI AK 52.9N 168.9W 1109Z 0.27M / 0.9FT 64MIN HANASAKI HOKKAIDO J 43.3N 145.6E 0656Z 1.83M / 6.0FT 24MIN MIDWAY 28.2N 177.4W 1048Z 1.27M / 4.2FT 12MIN TOSASHIMIZU SHIKOKU 32.8N 133.0E 0946Z 0.84M / 2.8FT 28MIN ADAK AK 51.9N 176.6W 1034Z 0.35M / 1.2FT 22MIN YAP FM 9.5N 138.1E 1013Z 0.15M / 0.5FT 88MIN DART 21415 50.2N 171.8E 0845Z 0.27M / 0.9FT 52MIN WAKE US 19.3N 166.6E 0928Z 0.39M / 1.3FT 14MIN NAHA OKINAWA JP 26.2N 127.7E 0901Z 0.25M / 0.8FT 60MIN SAIPAN US 15.2N 145.7E 0916Z 0.65M / 2.1FT 30MIN OMAEZAKI HONSHU JP 34.6N 138.2E 0818Z 1.42M / 4.6FT 56MIN DART 21419 44.5N 155.7E 0716Z 0.40M / 1.3FT 20MIN DART 21413 30.5N 152.1E 0659Z 0.76M / 2.5FT 32MIN DART 21401 42.6N 152.6E 0643Z 0.67M / 2.2FT 40MIN DART 21418 38.7N 148.7E 0619Z 1.08M / 3.5FT 06MIN 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. NOTE - DART MEASUREMENTS ARE FROM THE DEEP OCEAN AND THEY ARE GENERALLY MUCH SMALLER THAN WOULD BE COASTAL MEASUREMENTS AT SIMILAR LOCATIONS. EVALUATION A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED THAT COULD CAUSE DAMAGE ALONG COASTLINES OF ALL ISLANDS IN THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES. EACH INDIVIDUAL WAVE CREST CAN LAST 5 TO 15 MINUTES OR MORE AND EXTENSIVELY FLOOD COASTAL AREAS. THE DANGER CAN CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE AS SUBSEQUENT WAVES ARRIVE. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. TSUNAMI WAVES EFFICIENTLY WRAP AROUND ISLANDS. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE. THE TROUGH OF A TSUNAMI WAVE MAY TEMPORARILY EXPOSE THE SEAFLOOR BUT THE AREA WILL QUICKLY FLOOD AGAIN. EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEARSHORE CURRENTS CAN ACCOMPANY A TSUNAMI. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI AMPLIFIES ITS DESTRUCTIVE POWER. SIMULTANEOUS HIGH TIDES OR HIGH SURF CAN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE TSUNAMI HAZARD. THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIME IN HAWAII OF THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS 0307 AM HST FRI 11 MAR 2011 MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Maui Windward West (Hawaii)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 HIZ001>028-111300- NIIHAU-KAUAI WINDWARD-KAUAI LEEWARD-KAUAI MOUNTAINS- OAHU SOUTH SHORE-WAIANAE COAST-OAHU NORTH SHORE-OAHU KOOLAU- OLOMANA-CENTRAL OAHU-WAIANAE MOUNTAINS-MOLOKAI WINDWARD- MOLOKAI LEEWARD-LANAI MAKAI-LANAI MAUKA-KAHOOLAWE- MAUI WINDWARD WEST-MAUI LEEWARD WEST-MAUI CENTRAL VALLEY- WINDWARD HALEAKALA-LEEWARD HALEAKALA-HALEAKALA SUMMIT-KONA- SOUTH BIG ISLAND-BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA- BIG ISLAND INTERIOR-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...TSUNAMI WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII... AN 8.9 MOMENT MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE NEAR JAPAN HAS CREATED A WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI...AND A TSUNAMI WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. THE FIRST WAVE IS ESTIMATED TO ARRIVE APPROXIMATELY AT 307 AM HST FOR KAUAI...321 AM HST FOR OAHU...327 AM HST FOR MAUI...AND 346 AM HST FOR THE BIG ISLAND. UNUSUAL WAVE ACTION IS POSSIBLE FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF THE WAVES. EXACT TSUNAMI HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES...WHICH ARE NOT SURFABLE. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE...AND YOU SHOULD REMAIN WELL AWAY FROM THE COASTLINE UNTIL THE TSUNAMI THREAT SUBSIDES...AS EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEAR SHORE CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI ALSO POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. TSUNAMI WAVES ARE AMPLIFIED AS THEY ENTER HARBORS AND BAYS...AND BOATERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SIGNIFICANT SURGES IN HARBORS SUCH AS HONOLULU...NAWILILI...HALEIWA...KAHULUI...HILO...AND KAWAIHAE. BOATS ARE SAFER OUT OF THE HARBOR AND BOATERS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO MOVE THEIR VESSELS TO SAFETY. TSUNAMI EVACUATION MAPS CAN BE FOUND IN THE FRONT OF THE YELLOW PAGES. FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF YOUR LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE FROM THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER. $$ HOUSTON/HARRISONIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Tsunami Warning
Maui Leeward West (Hawaii)
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 8 HIZ001>003-005>009-012>014-016>021-023>026-111431- /O.CON.PHEB.TS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ BULLETIN TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 8 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 231 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WARNING SUPPLEMENT A TSUNAMI WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS ORIGIN TIME - 0746 PM HST 10 MAR 2011 COORDINATES - 38.3 NORTH 142.4 EAST LOCATION - NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU JAPAN MAGNITUDE - 8.9 MOMENT MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER DART 52402 11.7N 154.2E 0931Z 0.29M / 0.9FT 22MIN DART 46403 52.7N 156.9W 1127Z 0.09M / 0.3FT 60MIN LEGASPI PH 13.1N 123.8E 1116Z 0.25M / 0.8FT 58MIN KWAJALEIN MH 8.7N 167.7E 1111Z 0.55M / 1.8FT 48MIN NIKOLSKI AK 52.9N 168.9W 1109Z 0.27M / 0.9FT 64MIN HANASAKI HOKKAIDO J 43.3N 145.6E 0656Z 1.83M / 6.0FT 24MIN MIDWAY 28.2N 177.4W 1048Z 1.27M / 4.2FT 12MIN TOSASHIMIZU SHIKOKU 32.8N 133.0E 0946Z 0.84M / 2.8FT 28MIN ADAK AK 51.9N 176.6W 1034Z 0.35M / 1.2FT 22MIN YAP FM 9.5N 138.1E 1013Z 0.15M / 0.5FT 88MIN DART 21415 50.2N 171.8E 0845Z 0.27M / 0.9FT 52MIN WAKE US 19.3N 166.6E 0928Z 0.39M / 1.3FT 14MIN NAHA OKINAWA JP 26.2N 127.7E 0901Z 0.25M / 0.8FT 60MIN SAIPAN US 15.2N 145.7E 0916Z 0.65M / 2.1FT 30MIN OMAEZAKI HONSHU JP 34.6N 138.2E 0818Z 1.42M / 4.6FT 56MIN DART 21419 44.5N 155.7E 0716Z 0.40M / 1.3FT 20MIN DART 21413 30.5N 152.1E 0659Z 0.76M / 2.5FT 32MIN DART 21401 42.6N 152.6E 0643Z 0.67M / 2.2FT 40MIN DART 21418 38.7N 148.7E 0619Z 1.08M / 3.5FT 06MIN 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. NOTE - DART MEASUREMENTS ARE FROM THE DEEP OCEAN AND THEY ARE GENERALLY MUCH SMALLER THAN WOULD BE COASTAL MEASUREMENTS AT SIMILAR LOCATIONS. EVALUATION A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED THAT COULD CAUSE DAMAGE ALONG COASTLINES OF ALL ISLANDS IN THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES. EACH INDIVIDUAL WAVE CREST CAN LAST 5 TO 15 MINUTES OR MORE AND EXTENSIVELY FLOOD COASTAL AREAS. THE DANGER CAN CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE AS SUBSEQUENT WAVES ARRIVE. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. TSUNAMI WAVES EFFICIENTLY WRAP AROUND ISLANDS. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE. THE TROUGH OF A TSUNAMI WAVE MAY TEMPORARILY EXPOSE THE SEAFLOOR BUT THE AREA WILL QUICKLY FLOOD AGAIN. EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEARSHORE CURRENTS CAN ACCOMPANY A TSUNAMI. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI AMPLIFIES ITS DESTRUCTIVE POWER. SIMULTANEOUS HIGH TIDES OR HIGH SURF CAN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE TSUNAMI HAZARD. THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIME IN HAWAII OF THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS 0307 AM HST FRI 11 MAR 2011 MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Maui Leeward West (Hawaii)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 HIZ001>028-111300- NIIHAU-KAUAI WINDWARD-KAUAI LEEWARD-KAUAI MOUNTAINS- OAHU SOUTH SHORE-WAIANAE COAST-OAHU NORTH SHORE-OAHU KOOLAU- OLOMANA-CENTRAL OAHU-WAIANAE MOUNTAINS-MOLOKAI WINDWARD- MOLOKAI LEEWARD-LANAI MAKAI-LANAI MAUKA-KAHOOLAWE- MAUI WINDWARD WEST-MAUI LEEWARD WEST-MAUI CENTRAL VALLEY- WINDWARD HALEAKALA-LEEWARD HALEAKALA-HALEAKALA SUMMIT-KONA- SOUTH BIG ISLAND-BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA- BIG ISLAND INTERIOR-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...TSUNAMI WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII... AN 8.9 MOMENT MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE NEAR JAPAN HAS CREATED A WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI...AND A TSUNAMI WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. THE FIRST WAVE IS ESTIMATED TO ARRIVE APPROXIMATELY AT 307 AM HST FOR KAUAI...321 AM HST FOR OAHU...327 AM HST FOR MAUI...AND 346 AM HST FOR THE BIG ISLAND. UNUSUAL WAVE ACTION IS POSSIBLE FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF THE WAVES. EXACT TSUNAMI HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES...WHICH ARE NOT SURFABLE. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE...AND YOU SHOULD REMAIN WELL AWAY FROM THE COASTLINE UNTIL THE TSUNAMI THREAT SUBSIDES...AS EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEAR SHORE CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI ALSO POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. TSUNAMI WAVES ARE AMPLIFIED AS THEY ENTER HARBORS AND BAYS...AND BOATERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SIGNIFICANT SURGES IN HARBORS SUCH AS HONOLULU...NAWILILI...HALEIWA...KAHULUI...HILO...AND KAWAIHAE. BOATS ARE SAFER OUT OF THE HARBOR AND BOATERS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO MOVE THEIR VESSELS TO SAFETY. TSUNAMI EVACUATION MAPS CAN BE FOUND IN THE FRONT OF THE YELLOW PAGES. FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF YOUR LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE FROM THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER. $$ HOUSTON/HARRISONIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Tsunami Warning
Maui Central Valley (Hawaii)
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 8 HIZ001>003-005>009-012>014-016>021-023>026-111431- /O.CON.PHEB.TS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ BULLETIN TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 8 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 231 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WARNING SUPPLEMENT A TSUNAMI WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS ORIGIN TIME - 0746 PM HST 10 MAR 2011 COORDINATES - 38.3 NORTH 142.4 EAST LOCATION - NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU JAPAN MAGNITUDE - 8.9 MOMENT MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER DART 52402 11.7N 154.2E 0931Z 0.29M / 0.9FT 22MIN DART 46403 52.7N 156.9W 1127Z 0.09M / 0.3FT 60MIN LEGASPI PH 13.1N 123.8E 1116Z 0.25M / 0.8FT 58MIN KWAJALEIN MH 8.7N 167.7E 1111Z 0.55M / 1.8FT 48MIN NIKOLSKI AK 52.9N 168.9W 1109Z 0.27M / 0.9FT 64MIN HANASAKI HOKKAIDO J 43.3N 145.6E 0656Z 1.83M / 6.0FT 24MIN MIDWAY 28.2N 177.4W 1048Z 1.27M / 4.2FT 12MIN TOSASHIMIZU SHIKOKU 32.8N 133.0E 0946Z 0.84M / 2.8FT 28MIN ADAK AK 51.9N 176.6W 1034Z 0.35M / 1.2FT 22MIN YAP FM 9.5N 138.1E 1013Z 0.15M / 0.5FT 88MIN DART 21415 50.2N 171.8E 0845Z 0.27M / 0.9FT 52MIN WAKE US 19.3N 166.6E 0928Z 0.39M / 1.3FT 14MIN NAHA OKINAWA JP 26.2N 127.7E 0901Z 0.25M / 0.8FT 60MIN SAIPAN US 15.2N 145.7E 0916Z 0.65M / 2.1FT 30MIN OMAEZAKI HONSHU JP 34.6N 138.2E 0818Z 1.42M / 4.6FT 56MIN DART 21419 44.5N 155.7E 0716Z 0.40M / 1.3FT 20MIN DART 21413 30.5N 152.1E 0659Z 0.76M / 2.5FT 32MIN DART 21401 42.6N 152.6E 0643Z 0.67M / 2.2FT 40MIN DART 21418 38.7N 148.7E 0619Z 1.08M / 3.5FT 06MIN 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. NOTE - DART MEASUREMENTS ARE FROM THE DEEP OCEAN AND THEY ARE GENERALLY MUCH SMALLER THAN WOULD BE COASTAL MEASUREMENTS AT SIMILAR LOCATIONS. EVALUATION A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED THAT COULD CAUSE DAMAGE ALONG COASTLINES OF ALL ISLANDS IN THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES. EACH INDIVIDUAL WAVE CREST CAN LAST 5 TO 15 MINUTES OR MORE AND EXTENSIVELY FLOOD COASTAL AREAS. THE DANGER CAN CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE AS SUBSEQUENT WAVES ARRIVE. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. TSUNAMI WAVES EFFICIENTLY WRAP AROUND ISLANDS. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE. THE TROUGH OF A TSUNAMI WAVE MAY TEMPORARILY EXPOSE THE SEAFLOOR BUT THE AREA WILL QUICKLY FLOOD AGAIN. EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEARSHORE CURRENTS CAN ACCOMPANY A TSUNAMI. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI AMPLIFIES ITS DESTRUCTIVE POWER. SIMULTANEOUS HIGH TIDES OR HIGH SURF CAN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE TSUNAMI HAZARD. THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIME IN HAWAII OF THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS 0307 AM HST FRI 11 MAR 2011 MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Maui Central Valley (Hawaii)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 HIZ001>028-111300- NIIHAU-KAUAI WINDWARD-KAUAI LEEWARD-KAUAI MOUNTAINS- OAHU SOUTH SHORE-WAIANAE COAST-OAHU NORTH SHORE-OAHU KOOLAU- OLOMANA-CENTRAL OAHU-WAIANAE MOUNTAINS-MOLOKAI WINDWARD- MOLOKAI LEEWARD-LANAI MAKAI-LANAI MAUKA-KAHOOLAWE- MAUI WINDWARD WEST-MAUI LEEWARD WEST-MAUI CENTRAL VALLEY- WINDWARD HALEAKALA-LEEWARD HALEAKALA-HALEAKALA SUMMIT-KONA- SOUTH BIG ISLAND-BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA- BIG ISLAND INTERIOR-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...TSUNAMI WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII... AN 8.9 MOMENT MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE NEAR JAPAN HAS CREATED A WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI...AND A TSUNAMI WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. THE FIRST WAVE IS ESTIMATED TO ARRIVE APPROXIMATELY AT 307 AM HST FOR KAUAI...321 AM HST FOR OAHU...327 AM HST FOR MAUI...AND 346 AM HST FOR THE BIG ISLAND. UNUSUAL WAVE ACTION IS POSSIBLE FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF THE WAVES. EXACT TSUNAMI HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES...WHICH ARE NOT SURFABLE. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE...AND YOU SHOULD REMAIN WELL AWAY FROM THE COASTLINE UNTIL THE TSUNAMI THREAT SUBSIDES...AS EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEAR SHORE CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI ALSO POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. TSUNAMI WAVES ARE AMPLIFIED AS THEY ENTER HARBORS AND BAYS...AND BOATERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SIGNIFICANT SURGES IN HARBORS SUCH AS HONOLULU...NAWILILI...HALEIWA...KAHULUI...HILO...AND KAWAIHAE. BOATS ARE SAFER OUT OF THE HARBOR AND BOATERS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO MOVE THEIR VESSELS TO SAFETY. TSUNAMI EVACUATION MAPS CAN BE FOUND IN THE FRONT OF THE YELLOW PAGES. FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF YOUR LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE FROM THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER. $$ HOUSTON/HARRISONIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Tsunami Warning
Windward Haleakala (Hawaii)
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 8 HIZ001>003-005>009-012>014-016>021-023>026-111431- /O.CON.PHEB.TS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ BULLETIN TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 8 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 231 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WARNING SUPPLEMENT A TSUNAMI WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS ORIGIN TIME - 0746 PM HST 10 MAR 2011 COORDINATES - 38.3 NORTH 142.4 EAST LOCATION - NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU JAPAN MAGNITUDE - 8.9 MOMENT MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER DART 52402 11.7N 154.2E 0931Z 0.29M / 0.9FT 22MIN DART 46403 52.7N 156.9W 1127Z 0.09M / 0.3FT 60MIN LEGASPI PH 13.1N 123.8E 1116Z 0.25M / 0.8FT 58MIN KWAJALEIN MH 8.7N 167.7E 1111Z 0.55M / 1.8FT 48MIN NIKOLSKI AK 52.9N 168.9W 1109Z 0.27M / 0.9FT 64MIN HANASAKI HOKKAIDO J 43.3N 145.6E 0656Z 1.83M / 6.0FT 24MIN MIDWAY 28.2N 177.4W 1048Z 1.27M / 4.2FT 12MIN TOSASHIMIZU SHIKOKU 32.8N 133.0E 0946Z 0.84M / 2.8FT 28MIN ADAK AK 51.9N 176.6W 1034Z 0.35M / 1.2FT 22MIN YAP FM 9.5N 138.1E 1013Z 0.15M / 0.5FT 88MIN DART 21415 50.2N 171.8E 0845Z 0.27M / 0.9FT 52MIN WAKE US 19.3N 166.6E 0928Z 0.39M / 1.3FT 14MIN NAHA OKINAWA JP 26.2N 127.7E 0901Z 0.25M / 0.8FT 60MIN SAIPAN US 15.2N 145.7E 0916Z 0.65M / 2.1FT 30MIN OMAEZAKI HONSHU JP 34.6N 138.2E 0818Z 1.42M / 4.6FT 56MIN DART 21419 44.5N 155.7E 0716Z 0.40M / 1.3FT 20MIN DART 21413 30.5N 152.1E 0659Z 0.76M / 2.5FT 32MIN DART 21401 42.6N 152.6E 0643Z 0.67M / 2.2FT 40MIN DART 21418 38.7N 148.7E 0619Z 1.08M / 3.5FT 06MIN 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. NOTE - DART MEASUREMENTS ARE FROM THE DEEP OCEAN AND THEY ARE GENERALLY MUCH SMALLER THAN WOULD BE COASTAL MEASUREMENTS AT SIMILAR LOCATIONS. EVALUATION A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED THAT COULD CAUSE DAMAGE ALONG COASTLINES OF ALL ISLANDS IN THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES. EACH INDIVIDUAL WAVE CREST CAN LAST 5 TO 15 MINUTES OR MORE AND EXTENSIVELY FLOOD COASTAL AREAS. THE DANGER CAN CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE AS SUBSEQUENT WAVES ARRIVE. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. TSUNAMI WAVES EFFICIENTLY WRAP AROUND ISLANDS. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE. THE TROUGH OF A TSUNAMI WAVE MAY TEMPORARILY EXPOSE THE SEAFLOOR BUT THE AREA WILL QUICKLY FLOOD AGAIN. EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEARSHORE CURRENTS CAN ACCOMPANY A TSUNAMI. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI AMPLIFIES ITS DESTRUCTIVE POWER. SIMULTANEOUS HIGH TIDES OR HIGH SURF CAN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE TSUNAMI HAZARD. THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIME IN HAWAII OF THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS 0307 AM HST FRI 11 MAR 2011 MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Windward Haleakala (Hawaii)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 HIZ001>028-111300- NIIHAU-KAUAI WINDWARD-KAUAI LEEWARD-KAUAI MOUNTAINS- OAHU SOUTH SHORE-WAIANAE COAST-OAHU NORTH SHORE-OAHU KOOLAU- OLOMANA-CENTRAL OAHU-WAIANAE MOUNTAINS-MOLOKAI WINDWARD- MOLOKAI LEEWARD-LANAI MAKAI-LANAI MAUKA-KAHOOLAWE- MAUI WINDWARD WEST-MAUI LEEWARD WEST-MAUI CENTRAL VALLEY- WINDWARD HALEAKALA-LEEWARD HALEAKALA-HALEAKALA SUMMIT-KONA- SOUTH BIG ISLAND-BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA- BIG ISLAND INTERIOR-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...TSUNAMI WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII... AN 8.9 MOMENT MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE NEAR JAPAN HAS CREATED A WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI...AND A TSUNAMI WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. THE FIRST WAVE IS ESTIMATED TO ARRIVE APPROXIMATELY AT 307 AM HST FOR KAUAI...321 AM HST FOR OAHU...327 AM HST FOR MAUI...AND 346 AM HST FOR THE BIG ISLAND. UNUSUAL WAVE ACTION IS POSSIBLE FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF THE WAVES. EXACT TSUNAMI HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES...WHICH ARE NOT SURFABLE. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE...AND YOU SHOULD REMAIN WELL AWAY FROM THE COASTLINE UNTIL THE TSUNAMI THREAT SUBSIDES...AS EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEAR SHORE CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI ALSO POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. TSUNAMI WAVES ARE AMPLIFIED AS THEY ENTER HARBORS AND BAYS...AND BOATERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SIGNIFICANT SURGES IN HARBORS SUCH AS HONOLULU...NAWILILI...HALEIWA...KAHULUI...HILO...AND KAWAIHAE. BOATS ARE SAFER OUT OF THE HARBOR AND BOATERS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO MOVE THEIR VESSELS TO SAFETY. TSUNAMI EVACUATION MAPS CAN BE FOUND IN THE FRONT OF THE YELLOW PAGES. FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF YOUR LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE FROM THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER. $$ HOUSTON/HARRISONIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Tsunami Warning
Leeward Haleakala (Hawaii)
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 8 HIZ001>003-005>009-012>014-016>021-023>026-111431- /O.CON.PHEB.TS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ BULLETIN TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 8 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 231 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WARNING SUPPLEMENT A TSUNAMI WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS ORIGIN TIME - 0746 PM HST 10 MAR 2011 COORDINATES - 38.3 NORTH 142.4 EAST LOCATION - NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU JAPAN MAGNITUDE - 8.9 MOMENT MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER DART 52402 11.7N 154.2E 0931Z 0.29M / 0.9FT 22MIN DART 46403 52.7N 156.9W 1127Z 0.09M / 0.3FT 60MIN LEGASPI PH 13.1N 123.8E 1116Z 0.25M / 0.8FT 58MIN KWAJALEIN MH 8.7N 167.7E 1111Z 0.55M / 1.8FT 48MIN NIKOLSKI AK 52.9N 168.9W 1109Z 0.27M / 0.9FT 64MIN HANASAKI HOKKAIDO J 43.3N 145.6E 0656Z 1.83M / 6.0FT 24MIN MIDWAY 28.2N 177.4W 1048Z 1.27M / 4.2FT 12MIN TOSASHIMIZU SHIKOKU 32.8N 133.0E 0946Z 0.84M / 2.8FT 28MIN ADAK AK 51.9N 176.6W 1034Z 0.35M / 1.2FT 22MIN YAP FM 9.5N 138.1E 1013Z 0.15M / 0.5FT 88MIN DART 21415 50.2N 171.8E 0845Z 0.27M / 0.9FT 52MIN WAKE US 19.3N 166.6E 0928Z 0.39M / 1.3FT 14MIN NAHA OKINAWA JP 26.2N 127.7E 0901Z 0.25M / 0.8FT 60MIN SAIPAN US 15.2N 145.7E 0916Z 0.65M / 2.1FT 30MIN OMAEZAKI HONSHU JP 34.6N 138.2E 0818Z 1.42M / 4.6FT 56MIN DART 21419 44.5N 155.7E 0716Z 0.40M / 1.3FT 20MIN DART 21413 30.5N 152.1E 0659Z 0.76M / 2.5FT 32MIN DART 21401 42.6N 152.6E 0643Z 0.67M / 2.2FT 40MIN DART 21418 38.7N 148.7E 0619Z 1.08M / 3.5FT 06MIN 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. NOTE - DART MEASUREMENTS ARE FROM THE DEEP OCEAN AND THEY ARE GENERALLY MUCH SMALLER THAN WOULD BE COASTAL MEASUREMENTS AT SIMILAR LOCATIONS. EVALUATION A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED THAT COULD CAUSE DAMAGE ALONG COASTLINES OF ALL ISLANDS IN THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES. EACH INDIVIDUAL WAVE CREST CAN LAST 5 TO 15 MINUTES OR MORE AND EXTENSIVELY FLOOD COASTAL AREAS. THE DANGER CAN CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE AS SUBSEQUENT WAVES ARRIVE. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. TSUNAMI WAVES EFFICIENTLY WRAP AROUND ISLANDS. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE. THE TROUGH OF A TSUNAMI WAVE MAY TEMPORARILY EXPOSE THE SEAFLOOR BUT THE AREA WILL QUICKLY FLOOD AGAIN. EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEARSHORE CURRENTS CAN ACCOMPANY A TSUNAMI. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI AMPLIFIES ITS DESTRUCTIVE POWER. SIMULTANEOUS HIGH TIDES OR HIGH SURF CAN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE TSUNAMI HAZARD. THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIME IN HAWAII OF THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS 0307 AM HST FRI 11 MAR 2011 MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Leeward Haleakala (Hawaii)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 HIZ001>028-111300- NIIHAU-KAUAI WINDWARD-KAUAI LEEWARD-KAUAI MOUNTAINS- OAHU SOUTH SHORE-WAIANAE COAST-OAHU NORTH SHORE-OAHU KOOLAU- OLOMANA-CENTRAL OAHU-WAIANAE MOUNTAINS-MOLOKAI WINDWARD- MOLOKAI LEEWARD-LANAI MAKAI-LANAI MAUKA-KAHOOLAWE- MAUI WINDWARD WEST-MAUI LEEWARD WEST-MAUI CENTRAL VALLEY- WINDWARD HALEAKALA-LEEWARD HALEAKALA-HALEAKALA SUMMIT-KONA- SOUTH BIG ISLAND-BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA- BIG ISLAND INTERIOR-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...TSUNAMI WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII... AN 8.9 MOMENT MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE NEAR JAPAN HAS CREATED A WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI...AND A TSUNAMI WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. THE FIRST WAVE IS ESTIMATED TO ARRIVE APPROXIMATELY AT 307 AM HST FOR KAUAI...321 AM HST FOR OAHU...327 AM HST FOR MAUI...AND 346 AM HST FOR THE BIG ISLAND. UNUSUAL WAVE ACTION IS POSSIBLE FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF THE WAVES. EXACT TSUNAMI HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES...WHICH ARE NOT SURFABLE. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE...AND YOU SHOULD REMAIN WELL AWAY FROM THE COASTLINE UNTIL THE TSUNAMI THREAT SUBSIDES...AS EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEAR SHORE CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI ALSO POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. TSUNAMI WAVES ARE AMPLIFIED AS THEY ENTER HARBORS AND BAYS...AND BOATERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SIGNIFICANT SURGES IN HARBORS SUCH AS HONOLULU...NAWILILI...HALEIWA...KAHULUI...HILO...AND KAWAIHAE. BOATS ARE SAFER OUT OF THE HARBOR AND BOATERS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO MOVE THEIR VESSELS TO SAFETY. TSUNAMI EVACUATION MAPS CAN BE FOUND IN THE FRONT OF THE YELLOW PAGES. FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF YOUR LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE FROM THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER. $$ HOUSTON/HARRISONIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Haleakala Summit (Hawaii)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 HIZ001>028-111300- NIIHAU-KAUAI WINDWARD-KAUAI LEEWARD-KAUAI MOUNTAINS- OAHU SOUTH SHORE-WAIANAE COAST-OAHU NORTH SHORE-OAHU KOOLAU- OLOMANA-CENTRAL OAHU-WAIANAE MOUNTAINS-MOLOKAI WINDWARD- MOLOKAI LEEWARD-LANAI MAKAI-LANAI MAUKA-KAHOOLAWE- MAUI WINDWARD WEST-MAUI LEEWARD WEST-MAUI CENTRAL VALLEY- WINDWARD HALEAKALA-LEEWARD HALEAKALA-HALEAKALA SUMMIT-KONA- SOUTH BIG ISLAND-BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA- BIG ISLAND INTERIOR-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...TSUNAMI WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII... AN 8.9 MOMENT MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE NEAR JAPAN HAS CREATED A WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI...AND A TSUNAMI WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. THE FIRST WAVE IS ESTIMATED TO ARRIVE APPROXIMATELY AT 307 AM HST FOR KAUAI...321 AM HST FOR OAHU...327 AM HST FOR MAUI...AND 346 AM HST FOR THE BIG ISLAND. UNUSUAL WAVE ACTION IS POSSIBLE FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF THE WAVES. EXACT TSUNAMI HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES...WHICH ARE NOT SURFABLE. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE...AND YOU SHOULD REMAIN WELL AWAY FROM THE COASTLINE UNTIL THE TSUNAMI THREAT SUBSIDES...AS EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEAR SHORE CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI ALSO POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. TSUNAMI WAVES ARE AMPLIFIED AS THEY ENTER HARBORS AND BAYS...AND BOATERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SIGNIFICANT SURGES IN HARBORS SUCH AS HONOLULU...NAWILILI...HALEIWA...KAHULUI...HILO...AND KAWAIHAE. BOATS ARE SAFER OUT OF THE HARBOR AND BOATERS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO MOVE THEIR VESSELS TO SAFETY. TSUNAMI EVACUATION MAPS CAN BE FOUND IN THE FRONT OF THE YELLOW PAGES. FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF YOUR LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE FROM THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER. $$ HOUSTON/HARRISONIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Kona (Hawaii)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 HIZ001>028-111300- NIIHAU-KAUAI WINDWARD-KAUAI LEEWARD-KAUAI MOUNTAINS- OAHU SOUTH SHORE-WAIANAE COAST-OAHU NORTH SHORE-OAHU KOOLAU- OLOMANA-CENTRAL OAHU-WAIANAE MOUNTAINS-MOLOKAI WINDWARD- MOLOKAI LEEWARD-LANAI MAKAI-LANAI MAUKA-KAHOOLAWE- MAUI WINDWARD WEST-MAUI LEEWARD WEST-MAUI CENTRAL VALLEY- WINDWARD HALEAKALA-LEEWARD HALEAKALA-HALEAKALA SUMMIT-KONA- SOUTH BIG ISLAND-BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA- BIG ISLAND INTERIOR-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...TSUNAMI WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII... AN 8.9 MOMENT MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE NEAR JAPAN HAS CREATED A WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI...AND A TSUNAMI WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. THE FIRST WAVE IS ESTIMATED TO ARRIVE APPROXIMATELY AT 307 AM HST FOR KAUAI...321 AM HST FOR OAHU...327 AM HST FOR MAUI...AND 346 AM HST FOR THE BIG ISLAND. UNUSUAL WAVE ACTION IS POSSIBLE FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF THE WAVES. EXACT TSUNAMI HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES...WHICH ARE NOT SURFABLE. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE...AND YOU SHOULD REMAIN WELL AWAY FROM THE COASTLINE UNTIL THE TSUNAMI THREAT SUBSIDES...AS EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEAR SHORE CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI ALSO POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. TSUNAMI WAVES ARE AMPLIFIED AS THEY ENTER HARBORS AND BAYS...AND BOATERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SIGNIFICANT SURGES IN HARBORS SUCH AS HONOLULU...NAWILILI...HALEIWA...KAHULUI...HILO...AND KAWAIHAE. BOATS ARE SAFER OUT OF THE HARBOR AND BOATERS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO MOVE THEIR VESSELS TO SAFETY. TSUNAMI EVACUATION MAPS CAN BE FOUND IN THE FRONT OF THE YELLOW PAGES. FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF YOUR LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE FROM THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER. $$ HOUSTON/HARRISONIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Tsunami Warning
Kona (Hawaii)
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 8 HIZ001>003-005>009-012>014-016>021-023>026-111431- /O.CON.PHEB.TS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ BULLETIN TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 8 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 231 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WARNING SUPPLEMENT A TSUNAMI WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS ORIGIN TIME - 0746 PM HST 10 MAR 2011 COORDINATES - 38.3 NORTH 142.4 EAST LOCATION - NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU JAPAN MAGNITUDE - 8.9 MOMENT MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER DART 52402 11.7N 154.2E 0931Z 0.29M / 0.9FT 22MIN DART 46403 52.7N 156.9W 1127Z 0.09M / 0.3FT 60MIN LEGASPI PH 13.1N 123.8E 1116Z 0.25M / 0.8FT 58MIN KWAJALEIN MH 8.7N 167.7E 1111Z 0.55M / 1.8FT 48MIN NIKOLSKI AK 52.9N 168.9W 1109Z 0.27M / 0.9FT 64MIN HANASAKI HOKKAIDO J 43.3N 145.6E 0656Z 1.83M / 6.0FT 24MIN MIDWAY 28.2N 177.4W 1048Z 1.27M / 4.2FT 12MIN TOSASHIMIZU SHIKOKU 32.8N 133.0E 0946Z 0.84M / 2.8FT 28MIN ADAK AK 51.9N 176.6W 1034Z 0.35M / 1.2FT 22MIN YAP FM 9.5N 138.1E 1013Z 0.15M / 0.5FT 88MIN DART 21415 50.2N 171.8E 0845Z 0.27M / 0.9FT 52MIN WAKE US 19.3N 166.6E 0928Z 0.39M / 1.3FT 14MIN NAHA OKINAWA JP 26.2N 127.7E 0901Z 0.25M / 0.8FT 60MIN SAIPAN US 15.2N 145.7E 0916Z 0.65M / 2.1FT 30MIN OMAEZAKI HONSHU JP 34.6N 138.2E 0818Z 1.42M / 4.6FT 56MIN DART 21419 44.5N 155.7E 0716Z 0.40M / 1.3FT 20MIN DART 21413 30.5N 152.1E 0659Z 0.76M / 2.5FT 32MIN DART 21401 42.6N 152.6E 0643Z 0.67M / 2.2FT 40MIN DART 21418 38.7N 148.7E 0619Z 1.08M / 3.5FT 06MIN 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. NOTE - DART MEASUREMENTS ARE FROM THE DEEP OCEAN AND THEY ARE GENERALLY MUCH SMALLER THAN WOULD BE COASTAL MEASUREMENTS AT SIMILAR LOCATIONS. EVALUATION A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED THAT COULD CAUSE DAMAGE ALONG COASTLINES OF ALL ISLANDS IN THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES. EACH INDIVIDUAL WAVE CREST CAN LAST 5 TO 15 MINUTES OR MORE AND EXTENSIVELY FLOOD COASTAL AREAS. THE DANGER CAN CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE AS SUBSEQUENT WAVES ARRIVE. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. TSUNAMI WAVES EFFICIENTLY WRAP AROUND ISLANDS. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE. THE TROUGH OF A TSUNAMI WAVE MAY TEMPORARILY EXPOSE THE SEAFLOOR BUT THE AREA WILL QUICKLY FLOOD AGAIN. EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEARSHORE CURRENTS CAN ACCOMPANY A TSUNAMI. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI AMPLIFIES ITS DESTRUCTIVE POWER. SIMULTANEOUS HIGH TIDES OR HIGH SURF CAN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE TSUNAMI HAZARD. THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIME IN HAWAII OF THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS 0307 AM HST FRI 11 MAR 2011 MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
South Big Island (Hawaii)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 HIZ001>028-111300- NIIHAU-KAUAI WINDWARD-KAUAI LEEWARD-KAUAI MOUNTAINS- OAHU SOUTH SHORE-WAIANAE COAST-OAHU NORTH SHORE-OAHU KOOLAU- OLOMANA-CENTRAL OAHU-WAIANAE MOUNTAINS-MOLOKAI WINDWARD- MOLOKAI LEEWARD-LANAI MAKAI-LANAI MAUKA-KAHOOLAWE- MAUI WINDWARD WEST-MAUI LEEWARD WEST-MAUI CENTRAL VALLEY- WINDWARD HALEAKALA-LEEWARD HALEAKALA-HALEAKALA SUMMIT-KONA- SOUTH BIG ISLAND-BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA- BIG ISLAND INTERIOR-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...TSUNAMI WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII... AN 8.9 MOMENT MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE NEAR JAPAN HAS CREATED A WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI...AND A TSUNAMI WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. THE FIRST WAVE IS ESTIMATED TO ARRIVE APPROXIMATELY AT 307 AM HST FOR KAUAI...321 AM HST FOR OAHU...327 AM HST FOR MAUI...AND 346 AM HST FOR THE BIG ISLAND. UNUSUAL WAVE ACTION IS POSSIBLE FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF THE WAVES. EXACT TSUNAMI HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES...WHICH ARE NOT SURFABLE. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE...AND YOU SHOULD REMAIN WELL AWAY FROM THE COASTLINE UNTIL THE TSUNAMI THREAT SUBSIDES...AS EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEAR SHORE CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI ALSO POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. TSUNAMI WAVES ARE AMPLIFIED AS THEY ENTER HARBORS AND BAYS...AND BOATERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SIGNIFICANT SURGES IN HARBORS SUCH AS HONOLULU...NAWILILI...HALEIWA...KAHULUI...HILO...AND KAWAIHAE. BOATS ARE SAFER OUT OF THE HARBOR AND BOATERS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO MOVE THEIR VESSELS TO SAFETY. TSUNAMI EVACUATION MAPS CAN BE FOUND IN THE FRONT OF THE YELLOW PAGES. FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF YOUR LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE FROM THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER. $$ HOUSTON/HARRISONIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Tsunami Warning
South Big Island (Hawaii)
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 8 HIZ001>003-005>009-012>014-016>021-023>026-111431- /O.CON.PHEB.TS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ BULLETIN TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 8 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 231 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WARNING SUPPLEMENT A TSUNAMI WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS ORIGIN TIME - 0746 PM HST 10 MAR 2011 COORDINATES - 38.3 NORTH 142.4 EAST LOCATION - NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU JAPAN MAGNITUDE - 8.9 MOMENT MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER DART 52402 11.7N 154.2E 0931Z 0.29M / 0.9FT 22MIN DART 46403 52.7N 156.9W 1127Z 0.09M / 0.3FT 60MIN LEGASPI PH 13.1N 123.8E 1116Z 0.25M / 0.8FT 58MIN KWAJALEIN MH 8.7N 167.7E 1111Z 0.55M / 1.8FT 48MIN NIKOLSKI AK 52.9N 168.9W 1109Z 0.27M / 0.9FT 64MIN HANASAKI HOKKAIDO J 43.3N 145.6E 0656Z 1.83M / 6.0FT 24MIN MIDWAY 28.2N 177.4W 1048Z 1.27M / 4.2FT 12MIN TOSASHIMIZU SHIKOKU 32.8N 133.0E 0946Z 0.84M / 2.8FT 28MIN ADAK AK 51.9N 176.6W 1034Z 0.35M / 1.2FT 22MIN YAP FM 9.5N 138.1E 1013Z 0.15M / 0.5FT 88MIN DART 21415 50.2N 171.8E 0845Z 0.27M / 0.9FT 52MIN WAKE US 19.3N 166.6E 0928Z 0.39M / 1.3FT 14MIN NAHA OKINAWA JP 26.2N 127.7E 0901Z 0.25M / 0.8FT 60MIN SAIPAN US 15.2N 145.7E 0916Z 0.65M / 2.1FT 30MIN OMAEZAKI HONSHU JP 34.6N 138.2E 0818Z 1.42M / 4.6FT 56MIN DART 21419 44.5N 155.7E 0716Z 0.40M / 1.3FT 20MIN DART 21413 30.5N 152.1E 0659Z 0.76M / 2.5FT 32MIN DART 21401 42.6N 152.6E 0643Z 0.67M / 2.2FT 40MIN DART 21418 38.7N 148.7E 0619Z 1.08M / 3.5FT 06MIN 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. NOTE - DART MEASUREMENTS ARE FROM THE DEEP OCEAN AND THEY ARE GENERALLY MUCH SMALLER THAN WOULD BE COASTAL MEASUREMENTS AT SIMILAR LOCATIONS. EVALUATION A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED THAT COULD CAUSE DAMAGE ALONG COASTLINES OF ALL ISLANDS IN THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES. EACH INDIVIDUAL WAVE CREST CAN LAST 5 TO 15 MINUTES OR MORE AND EXTENSIVELY FLOOD COASTAL AREAS. THE DANGER CAN CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE AS SUBSEQUENT WAVES ARRIVE. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. TSUNAMI WAVES EFFICIENTLY WRAP AROUND ISLANDS. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE. THE TROUGH OF A TSUNAMI WAVE MAY TEMPORARILY EXPOSE THE SEAFLOOR BUT THE AREA WILL QUICKLY FLOOD AGAIN. EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEARSHORE CURRENTS CAN ACCOMPANY A TSUNAMI. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI AMPLIFIES ITS DESTRUCTIVE POWER. SIMULTANEOUS HIGH TIDES OR HIGH SURF CAN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE TSUNAMI HAZARD. THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIME IN HAWAII OF THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS 0307 AM HST FRI 11 MAR 2011 MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Big Island North, East (Hawaii)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 HIZ001>028-111300- NIIHAU-KAUAI WINDWARD-KAUAI LEEWARD-KAUAI MOUNTAINS- OAHU SOUTH SHORE-WAIANAE COAST-OAHU NORTH SHORE-OAHU KOOLAU- OLOMANA-CENTRAL OAHU-WAIANAE MOUNTAINS-MOLOKAI WINDWARD- MOLOKAI LEEWARD-LANAI MAKAI-LANAI MAUKA-KAHOOLAWE- MAUI WINDWARD WEST-MAUI LEEWARD WEST-MAUI CENTRAL VALLEY- WINDWARD HALEAKALA-LEEWARD HALEAKALA-HALEAKALA SUMMIT-KONA- SOUTH BIG ISLAND-BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA- BIG ISLAND INTERIOR-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...TSUNAMI WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII... AN 8.9 MOMENT MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE NEAR JAPAN HAS CREATED A WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI...AND A TSUNAMI WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. THE FIRST WAVE IS ESTIMATED TO ARRIVE APPROXIMATELY AT 307 AM HST FOR KAUAI...321 AM HST FOR OAHU...327 AM HST FOR MAUI...AND 346 AM HST FOR THE BIG ISLAND. UNUSUAL WAVE ACTION IS POSSIBLE FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF THE WAVES. EXACT TSUNAMI HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES...WHICH ARE NOT SURFABLE. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE...AND YOU SHOULD REMAIN WELL AWAY FROM THE COASTLINE UNTIL THE TSUNAMI THREAT SUBSIDES...AS EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEAR SHORE CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI ALSO POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. TSUNAMI WAVES ARE AMPLIFIED AS THEY ENTER HARBORS AND BAYS...AND BOATERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SIGNIFICANT SURGES IN HARBORS SUCH AS HONOLULU...NAWILILI...HALEIWA...KAHULUI...HILO...AND KAWAIHAE. BOATS ARE SAFER OUT OF THE HARBOR AND BOATERS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO MOVE THEIR VESSELS TO SAFETY. TSUNAMI EVACUATION MAPS CAN BE FOUND IN THE FRONT OF THE YELLOW PAGES. FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF YOUR LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE FROM THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER. $$ HOUSTON/HARRISONIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Tsunami Warning
Big Island North, East (Hawaii)
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 8 HIZ001>003-005>009-012>014-016>021-023>026-111431- /O.CON.PHEB.TS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ BULLETIN TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 8 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 231 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WARNING SUPPLEMENT A TSUNAMI WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS ORIGIN TIME - 0746 PM HST 10 MAR 2011 COORDINATES - 38.3 NORTH 142.4 EAST LOCATION - NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU JAPAN MAGNITUDE - 8.9 MOMENT MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER DART 52402 11.7N 154.2E 0931Z 0.29M / 0.9FT 22MIN DART 46403 52.7N 156.9W 1127Z 0.09M / 0.3FT 60MIN LEGASPI PH 13.1N 123.8E 1116Z 0.25M / 0.8FT 58MIN KWAJALEIN MH 8.7N 167.7E 1111Z 0.55M / 1.8FT 48MIN NIKOLSKI AK 52.9N 168.9W 1109Z 0.27M / 0.9FT 64MIN HANASAKI HOKKAIDO J 43.3N 145.6E 0656Z 1.83M / 6.0FT 24MIN MIDWAY 28.2N 177.4W 1048Z 1.27M / 4.2FT 12MIN TOSASHIMIZU SHIKOKU 32.8N 133.0E 0946Z 0.84M / 2.8FT 28MIN ADAK AK 51.9N 176.6W 1034Z 0.35M / 1.2FT 22MIN YAP FM 9.5N 138.1E 1013Z 0.15M / 0.5FT 88MIN DART 21415 50.2N 171.8E 0845Z 0.27M / 0.9FT 52MIN WAKE US 19.3N 166.6E 0928Z 0.39M / 1.3FT 14MIN NAHA OKINAWA JP 26.2N 127.7E 0901Z 0.25M / 0.8FT 60MIN SAIPAN US 15.2N 145.7E 0916Z 0.65M / 2.1FT 30MIN OMAEZAKI HONSHU JP 34.6N 138.2E 0818Z 1.42M / 4.6FT 56MIN DART 21419 44.5N 155.7E 0716Z 0.40M / 1.3FT 20MIN DART 21413 30.5N 152.1E 0659Z 0.76M / 2.5FT 32MIN DART 21401 42.6N 152.6E 0643Z 0.67M / 2.2FT 40MIN DART 21418 38.7N 148.7E 0619Z 1.08M / 3.5FT 06MIN 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. NOTE - DART MEASUREMENTS ARE FROM THE DEEP OCEAN AND THEY ARE GENERALLY MUCH SMALLER THAN WOULD BE COASTAL MEASUREMENTS AT SIMILAR LOCATIONS. EVALUATION A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED THAT COULD CAUSE DAMAGE ALONG COASTLINES OF ALL ISLANDS IN THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES. EACH INDIVIDUAL WAVE CREST CAN LAST 5 TO 15 MINUTES OR MORE AND EXTENSIVELY FLOOD COASTAL AREAS. THE DANGER CAN CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE AS SUBSEQUENT WAVES ARRIVE. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. TSUNAMI WAVES EFFICIENTLY WRAP AROUND ISLANDS. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE. THE TROUGH OF A TSUNAMI WAVE MAY TEMPORARILY EXPOSE THE SEAFLOOR BUT THE AREA WILL QUICKLY FLOOD AGAIN. EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEARSHORE CURRENTS CAN ACCOMPANY A TSUNAMI. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI AMPLIFIES ITS DESTRUCTIVE POWER. SIMULTANEOUS HIGH TIDES OR HIGH SURF CAN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE TSUNAMI HAZARD. THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIME IN HAWAII OF THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS 0307 AM HST FRI 11 MAR 2011 MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Tsunami Warning
Kohala (Hawaii)
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 8 HIZ001>003-005>009-012>014-016>021-023>026-111431- /O.CON.PHEB.TS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ BULLETIN TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 8 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 231 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WARNING SUPPLEMENT A TSUNAMI WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS ORIGIN TIME - 0746 PM HST 10 MAR 2011 COORDINATES - 38.3 NORTH 142.4 EAST LOCATION - NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU JAPAN MAGNITUDE - 8.9 MOMENT MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER DART 52402 11.7N 154.2E 0931Z 0.29M / 0.9FT 22MIN DART 46403 52.7N 156.9W 1127Z 0.09M / 0.3FT 60MIN LEGASPI PH 13.1N 123.8E 1116Z 0.25M / 0.8FT 58MIN KWAJALEIN MH 8.7N 167.7E 1111Z 0.55M / 1.8FT 48MIN NIKOLSKI AK 52.9N 168.9W 1109Z 0.27M / 0.9FT 64MIN HANASAKI HOKKAIDO J 43.3N 145.6E 0656Z 1.83M / 6.0FT 24MIN MIDWAY 28.2N 177.4W 1048Z 1.27M / 4.2FT 12MIN TOSASHIMIZU SHIKOKU 32.8N 133.0E 0946Z 0.84M / 2.8FT 28MIN ADAK AK 51.9N 176.6W 1034Z 0.35M / 1.2FT 22MIN YAP FM 9.5N 138.1E 1013Z 0.15M / 0.5FT 88MIN DART 21415 50.2N 171.8E 0845Z 0.27M / 0.9FT 52MIN WAKE US 19.3N 166.6E 0928Z 0.39M / 1.3FT 14MIN NAHA OKINAWA JP 26.2N 127.7E 0901Z 0.25M / 0.8FT 60MIN SAIPAN US 15.2N 145.7E 0916Z 0.65M / 2.1FT 30MIN OMAEZAKI HONSHU JP 34.6N 138.2E 0818Z 1.42M / 4.6FT 56MIN DART 21419 44.5N 155.7E 0716Z 0.40M / 1.3FT 20MIN DART 21413 30.5N 152.1E 0659Z 0.76M / 2.5FT 32MIN DART 21401 42.6N 152.6E 0643Z 0.67M / 2.2FT 40MIN DART 21418 38.7N 148.7E 0619Z 1.08M / 3.5FT 06MIN 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. NOTE - DART MEASUREMENTS ARE FROM THE DEEP OCEAN AND THEY ARE GENERALLY MUCH SMALLER THAN WOULD BE COASTAL MEASUREMENTS AT SIMILAR LOCATIONS. EVALUATION A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED THAT COULD CAUSE DAMAGE ALONG COASTLINES OF ALL ISLANDS IN THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES. EACH INDIVIDUAL WAVE CREST CAN LAST 5 TO 15 MINUTES OR MORE AND EXTENSIVELY FLOOD COASTAL AREAS. THE DANGER CAN CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE AS SUBSEQUENT WAVES ARRIVE. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. TSUNAMI WAVES EFFICIENTLY WRAP AROUND ISLANDS. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE. THE TROUGH OF A TSUNAMI WAVE MAY TEMPORARILY EXPOSE THE SEAFLOOR BUT THE AREA WILL QUICKLY FLOOD AGAIN. EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEARSHORE CURRENTS CAN ACCOMPANY A TSUNAMI. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI AMPLIFIES ITS DESTRUCTIVE POWER. SIMULTANEOUS HIGH TIDES OR HIGH SURF CAN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE TSUNAMI HAZARD. THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIME IN HAWAII OF THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS 0307 AM HST FRI 11 MAR 2011 MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Kohala (Hawaii)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 HIZ001>028-111300- NIIHAU-KAUAI WINDWARD-KAUAI LEEWARD-KAUAI MOUNTAINS- OAHU SOUTH SHORE-WAIANAE COAST-OAHU NORTH SHORE-OAHU KOOLAU- OLOMANA-CENTRAL OAHU-WAIANAE MOUNTAINS-MOLOKAI WINDWARD- MOLOKAI LEEWARD-LANAI MAKAI-LANAI MAUKA-KAHOOLAWE- MAUI WINDWARD WEST-MAUI LEEWARD WEST-MAUI CENTRAL VALLEY- WINDWARD HALEAKALA-LEEWARD HALEAKALA-HALEAKALA SUMMIT-KONA- SOUTH BIG ISLAND-BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA- BIG ISLAND INTERIOR-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...TSUNAMI WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII... AN 8.9 MOMENT MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE NEAR JAPAN HAS CREATED A WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI...AND A TSUNAMI WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. THE FIRST WAVE IS ESTIMATED TO ARRIVE APPROXIMATELY AT 307 AM HST FOR KAUAI...321 AM HST FOR OAHU...327 AM HST FOR MAUI...AND 346 AM HST FOR THE BIG ISLAND. UNUSUAL WAVE ACTION IS POSSIBLE FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF THE WAVES. EXACT TSUNAMI HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES...WHICH ARE NOT SURFABLE. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE...AND YOU SHOULD REMAIN WELL AWAY FROM THE COASTLINE UNTIL THE TSUNAMI THREAT SUBSIDES...AS EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEAR SHORE CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI ALSO POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. TSUNAMI WAVES ARE AMPLIFIED AS THEY ENTER HARBORS AND BAYS...AND BOATERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SIGNIFICANT SURGES IN HARBORS SUCH AS HONOLULU...NAWILILI...HALEIWA...KAHULUI...HILO...AND KAWAIHAE. BOATS ARE SAFER OUT OF THE HARBOR AND BOATERS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO MOVE THEIR VESSELS TO SAFETY. TSUNAMI EVACUATION MAPS CAN BE FOUND IN THE FRONT OF THE YELLOW PAGES. FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF YOUR LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE FROM THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER. $$ HOUSTON/HARRISONIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Big Island Interior (Hawaii)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 HIZ001>028-111300- NIIHAU-KAUAI WINDWARD-KAUAI LEEWARD-KAUAI MOUNTAINS- OAHU SOUTH SHORE-WAIANAE COAST-OAHU NORTH SHORE-OAHU KOOLAU- OLOMANA-CENTRAL OAHU-WAIANAE MOUNTAINS-MOLOKAI WINDWARD- MOLOKAI LEEWARD-LANAI MAKAI-LANAI MAUKA-KAHOOLAWE- MAUI WINDWARD WEST-MAUI LEEWARD WEST-MAUI CENTRAL VALLEY- WINDWARD HALEAKALA-LEEWARD HALEAKALA-HALEAKALA SUMMIT-KONA- SOUTH BIG ISLAND-BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA- BIG ISLAND INTERIOR-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...TSUNAMI WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII... AN 8.9 MOMENT MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE NEAR JAPAN HAS CREATED A WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI...AND A TSUNAMI WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. THE FIRST WAVE IS ESTIMATED TO ARRIVE APPROXIMATELY AT 307 AM HST FOR KAUAI...321 AM HST FOR OAHU...327 AM HST FOR MAUI...AND 346 AM HST FOR THE BIG ISLAND. UNUSUAL WAVE ACTION IS POSSIBLE FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF THE WAVES. EXACT TSUNAMI HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES...WHICH ARE NOT SURFABLE. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE...AND YOU SHOULD REMAIN WELL AWAY FROM THE COASTLINE UNTIL THE TSUNAMI THREAT SUBSIDES...AS EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEAR SHORE CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI ALSO POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. TSUNAMI WAVES ARE AMPLIFIED AS THEY ENTER HARBORS AND BAYS...AND BOATERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SIGNIFICANT SURGES IN HARBORS SUCH AS HONOLULU...NAWILILI...HALEIWA...KAHULUI...HILO...AND KAWAIHAE. BOATS ARE SAFER OUT OF THE HARBOR AND BOATERS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO MOVE THEIR VESSELS TO SAFETY. TSUNAMI EVACUATION MAPS CAN BE FOUND IN THE FRONT OF THE YELLOW PAGES. FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF YOUR LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE FROM THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER. $$ HOUSTON/HARRISONIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Special Weather Statement
Big Island Summit (Hawaii)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 HIZ001>028-111300- NIIHAU-KAUAI WINDWARD-KAUAI LEEWARD-KAUAI MOUNTAINS- OAHU SOUTH SHORE-WAIANAE COAST-OAHU NORTH SHORE-OAHU KOOLAU- OLOMANA-CENTRAL OAHU-WAIANAE MOUNTAINS-MOLOKAI WINDWARD- MOLOKAI LEEWARD-LANAI MAKAI-LANAI MAUKA-KAHOOLAWE- MAUI WINDWARD WEST-MAUI LEEWARD WEST-MAUI CENTRAL VALLEY- WINDWARD HALEAKALA-LEEWARD HALEAKALA-HALEAKALA SUMMIT-KONA- SOUTH BIG ISLAND-BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA- BIG ISLAND INTERIOR-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 1247 AM HST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...TSUNAMI WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII... AN 8.9 MOMENT MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE NEAR JAPAN HAS CREATED A WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI...AND A TSUNAMI WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. THE FIRST WAVE IS ESTIMATED TO ARRIVE APPROXIMATELY AT 307 AM HST FOR KAUAI...321 AM HST FOR OAHU...327 AM HST FOR MAUI...AND 346 AM HST FOR THE BIG ISLAND. UNUSUAL WAVE ACTION IS POSSIBLE FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF THE WAVES. EXACT TSUNAMI HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES...WHICH ARE NOT SURFABLE. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE...AND YOU SHOULD REMAIN WELL AWAY FROM THE COASTLINE UNTIL THE TSUNAMI THREAT SUBSIDES...AS EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEAR SHORE CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI ALSO POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. TSUNAMI WAVES ARE AMPLIFIED AS THEY ENTER HARBORS AND BAYS...AND BOATERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SIGNIFICANT SURGES IN HARBORS SUCH AS HONOLULU...NAWILILI...HALEIWA...KAHULUI...HILO...AND KAWAIHAE. BOATS ARE SAFER OUT OF THE HARBOR AND BOATERS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO MOVE THEIR VESSELS TO SAFETY. TSUNAMI EVACUATION MAPS CAN BE FOUND IN THE FRONT OF THE YELLOW PAGES. FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF YOUR LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE FROM THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER. $$ HOUSTON/HARRISONIssuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
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