[cmsgop]

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

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

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

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

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

$$
PKZ130-122-121-123-520-510-320-330-321-310-410-400-220-221-
233-232-230-231-210-211-114-113-120-115-AKZ191-185-181-171-
145-111-101-121-125-131-135-022-021-024-023-025-026-027-
029-028-252317-
COASTAL AREAS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA.

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

$$

THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE A FINAL BULLETIN.

THIS WILL BE THE LAST WEST COAST AND ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING
CENTER WATCH/WARNING BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT.
THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED AT HTTP://WCATWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV.

[Snowy]

Oh good! It seems to have been a false alarm.

[headsonpikes]

Thanks for the all clear!