Warning Vector

Tsunami Warning

NWS National Tsunami Warning Center ยท US

Test

Details

TEST Tsunami Warning Issued September 17 At 9:30AM PDT Until September 17 At 10:30AM PDT By NWS National Tsunami Warning Center

Event
Tsunami Warning
Issued
Onset
Message expires
Expected end
Category
Meteorological
Urgency
Immediate
Severity
Extreme
Certainty
Likely
Response
Avoid

Description

PZZ530-531-CAZ043-354-362-366-367-552-087-549-550-349-350- 340>342-346-529-530-006-156-505-506-508>510-109-104-103-101- ORZ021-022-103-101-102-WAZ001-201-310-311-324>326-330>333- BCZ098-099-096-097-AKZ328>332-323-324-326-327-318>322-325- 317-731-735-721>723-725-728-729-771>773-781-785-787-795-791- 171730- /T.NEW.PAAQ.TS.W.9016.260917T1630Z-260917T1730Z/ Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon and California coastal areas ...THIS_MESSAGE_IS_FOR_TEST_PURPOSES_ONLY... ...THIS IS A TEST TO DETERMINE TRANSMISSION TIMES INVOLVED IN THE DISSEMINATION OF TSUNAMI INFORMATION... RESPONSES ARE REQUIRED FROM --------------------------- * All Coastal Weather Forecast Offices in Alaska, Washington, Oregon and California * USAF 11th Rescue Coordination Center at Elmendorf AFB * California, Oregon, Washington and Alaska State Warning Points * Emergency Management British Columbia * The Pacific Storm Prediction Centre in British Columbia * Joint Typhoon Warning Center in Hawaii * U.S. Coast Guard 11th, 13th, 17th District Offices * U.S. Coast Guard Kodiak COMMSTA and CAMSPAC Point Reyes, CA * Canadian Coast Guard MCTS COMOX and/or Victoria * FAA Regional Operations Center in Seattle * All Pacific Coast Tsunamiready Community Warning Points. RESPONSES SHOULD INCLUDE ------------------------ * Time-of-receipt * Agency name * Email address * Phone number Weather Service Offices should respond in accordance with local directives. All others should reply by one of the available methods below. SEND RESPONSE BY ---------------- * Email address - ntwc@noaa.gov * AFTN address - PAAQYQYX * AWIPS - TMA * Fax - 907-745-6071 ...THIS_MESSAGE_IS_FOR_TEST_PURPOSES_ONLY... ...THIS IS A TEST TO DETERMINE TRANSMISSION TIMES INVOLVED IN THE DISSEMINATION OF TSUNAMI INFORMATION...

Affected areas

  • San Pablo Bay, Suisun Bay, the West Delta and the San Francisco Bay north of the Bay Bridge
  • San Francisco Bay South of the Bay Bridge
  • San Diego County Coastal Areas
  • Ventura County Beaches
  • Malibu Coast
  • Los Angeles County Beaches
  • Palos Verdes Hills
  • Orange County Coastal
  • Catalina and Santa Barbara Islands
  • San Miguel and Santa Rosa Islands
  • Santa Cruz and Anacapa Islands
  • Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast
  • Santa Barbara County Southeastern Coast
  • San Luis Obispo County Beaches
  • San Luis Obispo County Inland Central Coast
  • Santa Lucia Mountains
  • Santa Barbara County Central Coast Beaches
  • Northern Monterey Bay
  • Southern Monterey Bay and Big Sur Coast
  • San Francisco County, CA
  • Southwestern Solano County Including Vallejo
  • Coastal North Bay Including Point Reyes National Seashore
  • North Bay Interior Valleys
  • San Francisco Bay Shoreline
  • San Francisco Peninsula Coast
  • East Bay Interior Valleys
  • Coastal Mendocino
  • Southwestern Humboldt
  • Northern Coastal Humboldt
  • Coastal Del Norte
  • South Central Oregon Coast
  • Curry County Coast
  • Central Coast of Oregon
  • Clatsop County Coast
  • Tillamook County Coast
  • San Juan County
  • South Washington Coast
  • Lowlands of Western Whatcom County
  • Lowlands of Western Skagit and Northwestern Snohomish Counties
  • Port Townsend Area
  • Eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca
  • Western Strait of Juan de Fuca
  • Northern Washington Coast
  • Grays Harbor County Coast
  • Lower Chehalis River Valley
  • Island County
  • Prince of Wales Island
  • City and Borough of Wrangell
  • Ketchikan Gateway Borough
  • City of Hyder
  • Annette Island
  • City and Borough of Sitka
  • Admiralty Island
  • Petersburg Borough
  • Western Kupreanof and Kuiu Island
  • Municipality of Skagway
  • Haines Borough and Klukwan
  • Glacier Bay
  • Eastern Chichagof Island
  • Cape Fairweather to Lisianski Strait
  • City and Borough of Juneau
  • City and Borough of Yakutat
  • Valdez
  • Cordova
  • Southern Kachemak Bay
  • SW Kenai Peninsula
  • NW Kenai Peninsula
  • Southern Kenai Mtns
  • West Prince William Sound & Whittier
  • Tyonek
  • Kodiak Island Northeast
  • Kodiak Island Southwest
  • Chignik and Perryville
  • Aleutians East Borough
  • Unalaska and Nikolski
  • Atka and Adak
  • Pribilof Islands
  • Shemya and Attu Islands

Public contact

Issuer
NWS National Tsunami Warning Center

Message record

Received
Issue to receipt
~53s
CAP status
Test
CAP message type
Alert
Lifecycle
Test
Source
NWWS-OI
Feed
NWWS
Recovered
No
CAP routing and identity
ULID
01M2R39TH5R6E3FTR9J5AYYTKP
Identifier
urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.2baa5412824a9c1329f893022c33612980e402c4.001.1
Sender
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Scope
Public
CAP source
211803 v2.3.0
Handling codes
IPAWSv1.0
Note
This is a only a test. A national exercise is being conducted. This is only a test.
Issuing office
NWS National Tsunami Warning Center
AWIPS ID
CAPAAQ
NWWS sequence
nwws_processor.6330
WMO heading
XOPA51
WMO data type
CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO bulletin number
51

Event codes

NameValue
SAMETSW
NationalWeatherServiceTSW

Parameters

NameValue
AWIPSidentifierTSUWCA
WMOidentifierWEPA41 PAAQ 171630
BLOCKCHANNELEAS
BLOCKCHANNELNWEM
EAS-ORGWXR
VTEC/T.NEW.PAAQ.TS.W.9016.260917T1630Z-260917T1730Z/
eventEndingTime2026-09-17T10:30:00-07:00
BLOCKCHANNELCMAS
Locations

Location data

  • San Pablo Bay, Suisun Bay, the West Delta and the San Francisco Bay north of the Bay Bridge
  • San Francisco Bay South of the Bay Bridge
  • San Diego County Coastal Areas
  • Ventura County Beaches
  • Malibu Coast
  • Los Angeles County Beaches
  • Palos Verdes Hills
  • Orange County Coastal
  • Catalina and Santa Barbara Islands
  • San Miguel and Santa Rosa Islands
  • Santa Cruz and Anacapa Islands
  • Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast
  • Santa Barbara County Southeastern Coast
  • San Luis Obispo County Beaches
  • San Luis Obispo County Inland Central Coast
  • Santa Lucia Mountains
  • Santa Barbara County Central Coast Beaches
  • Northern Monterey Bay
  • Southern Monterey Bay and Big Sur Coast
  • San Francisco County, CA
  • Southwestern Solano County Including Vallejo
  • Coastal North Bay Including Point Reyes National Seashore
  • North Bay Interior Valleys
  • San Francisco Bay Shoreline
  • San Francisco Peninsula Coast
  • East Bay Interior Valleys
  • Coastal Mendocino
  • Southwestern Humboldt
  • Northern Coastal Humboldt
  • Coastal Del Norte
  • South Central Oregon Coast
  • Curry County Coast
  • Central Coast of Oregon
  • Clatsop County Coast
  • Tillamook County Coast
  • San Juan County
  • South Washington Coast
  • Lowlands of Western Whatcom County
  • Lowlands of Western Skagit and Northwestern Snohomish Counties
  • Port Townsend Area
  • Eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca
  • Western Strait of Juan de Fuca
  • Northern Washington Coast
  • Grays Harbor County Coast
  • Lower Chehalis River Valley
  • Island County
  • Prince of Wales Island
  • City and Borough of Wrangell
  • Ketchikan Gateway Borough
  • City of Hyder
  • Annette Island
  • City and Borough of Sitka
  • Admiralty Island
  • Petersburg Borough
  • Western Kupreanof and Kuiu Island
  • Municipality of Skagway
  • Haines Borough and Klukwan
  • Glacier Bay
  • Eastern Chichagof Island
  • Cape Fairweather to Lisianski Strait
  • City and Borough of Juneau
  • City and Borough of Yakutat
  • Valdez
  • Cordova
  • Southern Kachemak Bay
  • SW Kenai Peninsula
  • NW Kenai Peninsula
  • Southern Kenai Mtns
  • West Prince William Sound & Whittier
  • Tyonek
  • Kodiak Island Northeast
  • Kodiak Island Southwest
  • Chignik and Perryville
  • Aleutians East Borough
  • Unalaska and Nikolski
  • Atka and Adak
  • Pribilof Islands
  • Shemya and Attu Islands
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