ADMN20 KWBC 031530
 
TEST...TSUNAMI DUMMY - COMMUNICATIONS TEST...TEST
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER HONOLULU HI
1530 UTC THU OCT 3 2024
 
THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. THIS MESSAGE APPLIES ONLY TO COUNTRIES
AND TERRITORIES WITHIN AND BORDERING THE CARIBBEAN SEA THAT
PARTICIPATE IN THE TSUNAMI AND OTHER COASTAL HAZARDS WARNING
SYSTEM FOR THE CARIBBEAN AND ADJACENT REGIONS - THE CARIBE-EWS.
 
...THIS MESSAGE IS FOR TEST PURPOSES ONLY...
...TEST PTWC MONTHLY CARIBE-EWS COMMUNICATIONS TEST...
 
PLEASE NOTE - THE WEBSITE FOR PTWC MESSAGES IS NOW AT
                          TSUNAMI.GOV
              THE FORMER WEBSITE HAS NOW BEEN RETIRED.
              PLEASE UPDATE YOUR BOOKMARKS ACCORDINGLY.
 
THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. THIS IS A SCHEDULED TEST OF THE
COMMUNICATION METHODS USED TO DISSEMINATE TSUNAMI INFORMATION
FROM THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER TO THE CARIBE-EWS
TSUNAMI WARNING FOCAL POINTS AND NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING
CENTERS.
 
THIS TEST IS CONDUCTED ON THE FIRST THURSDAY OF EACH MONTH AT
1530 UTC. THE MESSAGE IS SENT BY SEVERAL COMMUNICATIONS METHODS
INCLUDING THE GLOBAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM OR GTS... THE
AERONAUTICAL FIXED TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK OR AFTN... BY
EMAIL... AND BY TELEFAX.
 
THIS MESSAGE SHOULD ARRIVE BY ALL DESIGNATED METHODS WITHIN A
FEW MINUTES OF ITS BEING DISSEMINATED. TSUNAMI WARNING FOCAL
POINTS AND NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTERS SHOULD CHECK THAT
IT WAS RECEIVED BY ALL METHODS IN A TIMELY FASHION.