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Friday, March 11, 2011
Tsunami: Kahului 6ft, Hilo 4.3ft at 4AM, minor flooding reported
By Selected News Articles @ 9:43 AM :: 12053 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family

AP: Tsunami waves hit Ore. coast after sweeping Hawaii

SA: Waves peaked on Maui; there are some reports of flooding

SA: Tsunami arrives on all islands in Hawaii, no damage reported

KITV VIDEO: Tsunami Waves Reach Hawaii

KITV: Images: Hawaii Tsunami Effects

KITV: Images: Hawaii Braces For Tsunami

 

HNN: Tsunami spares Hawaii major damage

LINK: Pacific Tsunami Warning Ctr

BULLETIN TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 11

NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI

536 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 ------------------- ----- ------ ----- --------------- -----

KAPOHO HI 19.5N 154.8W 1408Z 0.06M / 0.2FT 14MIN

HONOLULU OAHU 21.3N 157.9W 1329Z 0.68M / 2.2FT 32MIN

HILO HAWAII 19.7N 155.1W 1357Z 1.32M / 4.3FT 24MIN

KAHULUI MAUI 20.9N 156.5W 1340Z 1.82M / 6.0FT 28MIN

LAHAINA HI 20.9N 156.7W 1335Z 0.50M / 1.6FT 64MIN

MILOLII HI 19.2N 155.9W 1350Z 0.67M / 2.2FT 12MIN

BARBERS PT HI 21.3N 158.1W 1323Z 0.65M / 2.1FT 06MIN

HONUAPO HI 19.1N 155.6W 1340Z 0.04M / 0.1FT 32MIN

HALEIWA HI 21.6N 158.1W 1329Z 1.09M / 3.6FT 38MIN

MAKAPU`U HI 21.3N 157.7W 1312Z 0.49M / 1.6FT 52MIN

KAWAIHAE HAWAII 20.0N 155.8W 1330Z 0.85M / 2.8FT 56MIN

HONOKOHAU HI 19.7N 156.0W 1345Z 0.44M / 1.4FT 10MIN

DART 51407 19.6N 156.5W 1322Z 0.17M / 0.6FT 44MIN

NAWILIWILI KAUAI 22.0N 159.4W 1311Z 0.64M / 2.1FT 26MIN

HANALEI HI 22.2N 159.5W 1306Z 0.85M / 2.8FT 28MIN

TERN FR. FRIGATE US 23.9N 166.3W 1224Z 0.37M / 1.2FT 16MIN

MALAKAL KOROR PW 7.3N 134.5E 1142Z 0.10M / 0.3FT 40MIN

LEGASPI PH 13.1N 123.8E 1049Z 0.26M / 0.8FT 58MIN

DART 46403 52.7N 156.9W 1128Z 0.09M / 0.3FT 60MIN

DART 52402 11.7N 154.2E 0932Z 0.29M / 0.9FT 22MIN

DART 46408 49.6N 169.9W 1030Z 0.14M / 0.5FT 18MIN

DART 21414 48.9N 178.3E 0927Z 0.18M / 0.6FT 24MIN

MIDWAY 28.2N 177.4W 1054Z 1.26M / 4.1FT 12MIN

YAP FM 9.5N 138.1E 0951Z 0.18M / 0.6FT 92MIN

WAKE US 19.3N 166.6E 0928Z 0.38M / 1.2FT 14MIN

SAIPAN US 15.2N 145.7E 0916Z 0.66M / 2.2FT 30MIN

TOSASHIMIZU SHIKOKU 32.8N 133.0E 0751Z 0.93M / 3.0FT 64MIN

OMAEZAKI HONSHU JP 34.6N 138.2E 0660Z 0.99M / 3.2FT 72MIN

DART 21418 38.7N 148.7E 0619Z 1.07M / 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 COASTAL MEASUREMENTS.

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. ...SP...

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