Tsunami Warning and Communications Test

NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
Western Region

Tsunami Warning Communications Test: (date)
We appreciate your participation in this Tsunami Warning Communications Test. Your
responses to the questions below are essential for improving the NOAA/National
Weather Service’s Tsunami Warning System. In addition to your responses to specific
questions, we also welcome your general comments. Response to this survey is
voluntary. No personal information is needed or requested. Responses will be collected
and summarized for official purposes only.
1. Your location (nearest city and state) [Text box for entry]
2. Your affiliation (select response):
o Emergency Management
o Law Enforcement
o U.S. Coast Guard
o U.S. Navy
o Media
o Fire Department
o Department of Transportation (e.g. state/county road department)
o Elected Official
o General Public
o Other – please specify [Text box for entry]
3. Time (local) which you first received this message [Text box for entry]
4. How did you receive the test message? (select all that apply)
o National Warning System (NAWAS)
o NOAA Weather Radio (NWR)
o NOAA Weather Wire Service (NWWS)
o Television
o Radio
o E-mail
o Pager
o Cell Phone
o Internet
o Outdoor siren(s)
o Law enforcement telecom system
o Other – please specify [Text box for entry]
5. If you received this test message from a television broadcast, please indicate
your type of television service:
o N/A – did not receive via television

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o Local cable service provider
o Satellite service provider
o Direct reception (over the air from a local transmitter)
6. Please indicate how much advance notice you had for this test:
o One month or more
o 1-4 weeks
o 3-6 days
o 1-2 days
o less than one day
o No advance notice
7. If you have any additional comments, please enter them in the box provided
below: [text box for response]

Thank you!