We could see this play out for several hours,” he said early Saturday as the incident unfolded. “The important thing here is the first wave may not be the largest. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) and NTWC are both operated by NOAA.
“The PTWC does acknowledge that this was a different type of event, though I will leave that up to them because it delves into the science part of monitoring.”ĭave Snider, tsunami warning coordinator for the National Tsunami Warning Center (NTWC) in Palmer, Alaska, told The Associated Press the waves slamming ashore in Hawaii during Saturday’s wee hours were just under the criteria for a more serious tsunami warning. “It pretty much went according to the way plans are laid out,” Talmadge Magno, administrator of Hawaii County Civil Defense, said Monday.
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