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Tsunami Warning for Horry, Georgetown and Brunswick counties until Oct. 20, 1:31 p.m. EDT

The National Weather Service issued a tsunami warning for Horry, Georgetown and Brunswick counties, in effect until Oct. 20, 1:31 p.m. EDT.

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The National Weather Service issued a tsunami warning for Horry, Georgetown and Brunswick counties, in effect until Oct. 20, 1:31 p.m. EDT.

TEST Tsunami Warning issued October 20 at 12:31PM EDT until October 20 at 1:31PM EDT by NWS National Tsunami Warning Center

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350-355-430-432-435-436-450-452-455-532-534-536-538-550-552-
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012>014-020>027-106-108-NYZ071>075-078>081-176>179-CTZ009>012-
RIZ002-004>008-MAZ007-014>016-019>024-NHZ014-MEZ022>028-029-
030-NBZ570-550-660-641-NSZ210-230-260-250-110-120-130-170-
160-150-140-270-280-320-410-450-440-430-QCZ670-680-NLZ340-
220-230-210-120-132-140-241-242-110-131-540-530-570-520-510-
560-610-720-710-730-740-750-760-770-201731-
/T.NEW.PAAQ.TS.W.9017.261020T1631Z-261020T1731Z/
The U.S. east coast, Gulf of America coasts, and Eastern
Canadian coastal areas

…THIS_MESSAGE_IS_FOR_TEST_PURPOSES_ONLY…

…THIS IS A TEST TO DETERMINE TRANSMISSION TIMES INVOLVED IN THE
DISSEMINATION OF TSUNAMI INFORMATION…

…ESTO ES UNA PRUEBA PARA DETERMINAR LOS TIEMPOS DE TRANSMISION
ENVUELTOS EN LA DISEMINACION DE INFORMACION SOBRE TSUNAMIS…

RESPONSES ARE REQUIRED FROM

  • All Coastal Weather Forecast Offices in the Eastern and
    Southern Regions – respond using tsunami message
    acknowledgment (TMA) procedures. Emergency alert systems and
    NOAA Weather Radio are NOT to be activated.

  • State and Territorial Warning Points in ME, NH, MA, CT –
    RI, NY, NJ, DE, MD, PA, VA, NC, SC, GA, FL, AL –
    MS, LA, and TX.

  • Joint Typhoon Warning Center in Hawaii

  • Atlantic Storm Prediction Center NS, Government of Canada
    Operations Center, and Saint-Pierre et Miquelon.

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 – [email protected]
  • 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…

Source: National Weather Service alert

This notice repeats the official National Weather Service alert and is updated when the NWS updates it. Follow instructions from local emergency officials.

Sources

  1. National Weather Service
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