Test...Tsunami Exercise Message Number 1...Test
NWS West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center Palmer AK
10:05 AM PDT Wed Mar 24 2010

....Pacifex 10 Tsunami Exercise Message. Refer to WCATWC Message 1 in the Exercise Handbook. This is an Exercise only...

This message is being used to start off the Pacifex 10 Pacific Tsunami Exercise. This will be the only exercise message transmitted from the West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center. Exercise participants should refer to the scenario timeline in the handbook for future messages. The handbook is available at the web site wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov. The exercise purpose is to provide emergency management a realistic scenario to test tsunami response plans.
This is only an exercise.