WECA41 PHEB 051530 TSUCAX TEST...TSUNAMI DUMMY - COMMUNICATIONS TEST...TEST NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER HONOLULU HI 1530 UTC THU DEC 5 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. RESPONSE - IT IS ONLY NECESSARY TO RESPOND IF THE TEST WAS UNACCEPTABLY DELAYED OR NOT RECEIVED BY ONE OR MORE DESIGNATED COMMUNICATION METHODS. IN THAT CASE... PLEASE NOTIFY THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER BY EMAIL... INDICATING WHICH METHOD OR METHODS FAILED AND THE EMAIL OF A PERSON OR PERSONS TO CORRESPOND WITH REGARDING THE PROBLEM. PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EMAIL - COMMS@PTWC.NOAA.GOV THE IOC... THE U.S. CARIBBEAN TSUNAMI WARNING PROGRAM... AND THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL WORK TO RESOLVE ANY COMMUNICATIONS PROBLEMS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED. THIS IS A TEST MESSAGE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS TEST. $$