WEXX20 PAAQ 011600
...MENSAJE PARA DAR COMIENZO AL EJERCICIO DE TSUNAMI LANTEX22...
   
...ESTO ES UN EJERCICIO...

THIS MESSAGE IS BEING USED TO START THE LANTEX22 ATLANTIC TSUNAMI 
EXERCISE.  OTHER EXERCISE MESSAGES WILL BE CIRCULATED BY EMAIL. 
THE EXERCISE HANDBOOK IS AVAILABLE AT THE WEB SITE TSUNAMI.GOV. 
THE EXERCISE PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT A 
REALISTIC SCENARIO TO TEST TSUNAMI RESPONSE PLANS.

PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE AS YOU WOULD A STANDARD MONTHLY COMMUNICATION TEST.

THIS IS ONLY AN EXERCISE.

...THIS IS ALSO 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 TAMBIEN...


RESPONSES ARE REQUIRED FROM
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 * 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
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 * Time-of-receipt
 * Agency name
 * Email address
 * Phone number

Weather Service Offices should respond in accordance with local