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Tsunami Warning for Hawaii, First Wave at 11:19 a.m. HST, 10-15 Foot Waves; Advisory for West Coast
Saturday, February 27, 2010 | Kristinn/ NWS

Posted on 02/27/2010 4:37:11 AM PST by kristinn

The National Weather Service Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has issued a tsunami warning for Hawaii and a tsunami advisory for the West Coast of the United States.

A NWS spokesman on CNN says it is estimated the tsunami waves will be 10 to 15 feet high when they hit Hawaii. The tsunmi waves could last up to six hours.

Recent buoy reports of wave heights vary from 5 to 16 feet.

Latest statement on Hawaii:

BULLETIN
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 7
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
148 AM HST SAT FEB 27 2010

TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WARNING SUPPLEMENT

A TSUNAMI WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII.

SNIP

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

1119 AM HST SAT 27 FEB 2010

The NWS has also issued a tsunami warning for most of the Pacific region:

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 006
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 1147Z 27 FEB 2010

Here is a local report on the West Coast tsunami advisory:

A tsunami advisory has been issued for the California coast, including Del Norte County, following a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck off the central coast of Chile at 10:34 p.m. PST Friday.

The forecasted arrival time for Crescent City is 1:46 p.m. PST Saturday, however tsunamis can be dangerous for many hours after arrival, and the initial wave is not necessarily the largest, the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center says.

THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS...EXCEPT ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA... WASHINGTON...OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.

... A WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT ...

A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR

CHILE / PERU / ECUADOR / COLOMBIA / ANTARCTICA / PANAMA / COSTA RICA / NICARAGUA / PITCAIRN / HONDURAS / EL SALVADOR / GUATEMALA / FR. POLYNESIA / MEXICO / COOK ISLANDS / KIRIBATI / KERMADEC IS / NIUE / NEW ZEALAND / TONGA / AMERICAN SAMOA / SAMOA / JARVIS IS. / WALLIS-FUTUNA / TOKELAU / FIJI / AUSTRALIA / HAWAII / PALMYRA IS. / TUVALU / VANUATU / HOWLAND-BAKER / NEW CALEDONIA / JOHNSTON IS. / SOLOMON IS. / NAURU / MARSHALL IS. / MIDWAY IS. / KOSRAE / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / POHNPEI / WAKE IS. / CHUUK / RUSSIA / MARCUS IS. / INDONESIA / N. MARIANAS / GUAM / YAP / BELAU / JAPAN / PHILIPPINES / CHINESE TAIPEI


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: California; US: Hawaii
KEYWORDS: banzaipipeline; catastrophism; chile; chileearthquake; earthquake; hawaii; pipeline; sunsetbeach; surfsup; tsunami; waimae
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To: MediaMole

It’s you people’s fault. Your campaign against the media has left them without the resources to have bureaus in nearly as many places as they used to. Just the fault of the pajama people and their claiming to be “journalists.”


641 posted on 02/27/2010 12:52:00 PM PST by ichabod1 ( I am rolling over in my grave and I am not even dead yet.)
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To: stormer

F=MA force equals mass times acceleration


642 posted on 02/27/2010 12:52:08 PM PST by idkfa
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To: TaraP; All

PER TWITTER:

Tsunami is travelling at 700KPH+ in the open ocean.


643 posted on 02/27/2010 12:52:23 PM PST by tcrlaf (Obama White House=Tammany Hall on the National Mall)
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To: Eye of Unk

thanks


644 posted on 02/27/2010 12:53:11 PM PST by GOP Poet (Obama is an OLYMPIC failure.)
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To: idkfa

Yep. Time derivative of momentum.


645 posted on 02/27/2010 12:53:35 PM PST by glock rocks (Wait, what?)
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To: kristinn

Various HotSpot webcams in Honolulu, on rotating view:

mms://cchmediasvr3.honolulu.gov/11hs

[MS Player link]

You will need to reload periodically, as it times out. It is showing real-time highway traffic and some beach areas.


646 posted on 02/27/2010 12:53:56 PM PST by TomGuy
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To: kristinn

Hawaii County Police Live Audio Feed

http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?action=wp&feedId=866

http://www.radioreference.com/


647 posted on 02/27/2010 12:55:27 PM PST by Tigen (I shall raise you one .)
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To: stormer

Sorry Sir Isaac - acceleration.


648 posted on 02/27/2010 12:56:06 PM PST by stormer
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To: animal172
Is this Bush’s fault?

Well, Karl Rove is in Hawaii...heh,heh,heh ;-)

649 posted on 02/27/2010 12:56:42 PM PST by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: stormer

1st wave predicted in about 10 minutes.


650 posted on 02/27/2010 12:57:25 PM PST by freebird5850 (O-Bomba is not the Messiah. Jesus was a carpenter and could build a cabinet!)
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To: tcrlaf

Yikes, I am hearing 35 ft Waves????

Watching the webcam...


651 posted on 02/27/2010 12:57:52 PM PST by TaraP (*GOD* made love so strong, so it would carry you all the way home.....)
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To: stormer

We are dealing with wave frequency. Speed is the speed of sound under water, water temperature, depth and salinity.

The faster that the depth increases, the more energy the wave will deliver. Hydrostatic pressure and energy are the two prevalent forces, based on the weight and height of Salt water. Velocity is relative to wave frequency..


652 posted on 02/27/2010 12:57:56 PM PST by PSYCHO-FREEP ( Give me Liberty, or give me an M-24A2!)
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To: tcrlaf

CNN reporter just got a little upset while interviewing a Tsunami/ Quake expert. The expert was making good points and the reporter wanted a different answer.


654 posted on 02/27/2010 12:59:09 PM PST by yield 2 the right (GO USA! BRING HOME SOME GOLD!)
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To: buccaneer81

Twitter says CNN is reporting a 27 foot drop in the ocean...


655 posted on 02/27/2010 12:59:21 PM PST by pillut48 ("Stand now. Stand together. Stand for what is right."-Gov.Sarah Palin, "Going Rogue")
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To: TaraP

This is surreal just waiting around for this thing to hit.


656 posted on 02/27/2010 12:59:23 PM PST by mainepatsfan
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To: sf4dubya

Wow, where was that? Off the coast of HI?


657 posted on 02/27/2010 12:59:47 PM PST by Abigail Adams
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To: TaraP; All

HAwaii County PD stressing that like the Indian Ocean TSunami, the first wave may NOT be the largest to come.


658 posted on 02/27/2010 1:00:07 PM PST by tcrlaf (Obama White House=Tammany Hall on the National Mall)
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To: yield 2 the right

The CNN reporter has been treating the expert like this all day. Very undermining and impatient.


659 posted on 02/27/2010 1:00:45 PM PST by HollyB
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To: tcrlaf
Genius comment from the FoxNews babe:

"Hawaii is the home to many Americans... who go there on vacation."

660 posted on 02/27/2010 1:00:48 PM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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