All Hazard Alert Broadcast System tsunami warning sirens will sound in communities along the North Olympic Peninsula coast at noon today.
In Jefferson County, sirens are at three sites in Port Townsend — the Port Townsend marina, Point Hudson and Fort Worden — and on the Hoh reservation on the West End.
In Clallam County, sirens are at Diamond Point, Dungeness Fire Station, Four Seasons Ranch, Marine Drive in Port Angeles, Lower Elwha Klallam Community Center, Clallam Bay, the Quileute A-Ka-Lat Community Center in LaPush and two sites in Neah Bay.
The sirens will be heard only by people outside at these coastal communities.
The chimes will be followed by a voice saying the sound was only a test.
A similar notification test can be heard inside buildings on National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, AHAB radios throughout Clallam County at noon Wednesday.
This will be a voice-only test of the NOAA alert system.
During a real event, both the AHAB sirens and NOAA AHAB radios would sound a warning message.
Tsunami education workshops for businesses are being scheduled for later this month.
This program aims to strengthen educational outreach through a joint effort of the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program and the Washington State Emergency Management Division.
Contact Jamye Wisecup, program coordinator for the emergency management unit of the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office, at 360-417-2525 to register.
For more information on the tests, visit www.emd.wa.gov or www.clallam.net/EmergencyManagement.
