อนุทิน 174714

False warning or Test warning

On Wenenesday 25 September 2024: Bureau of Meteorology apologises for confusion after sending false tsunami watch warning for bottom half of Australia https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-25/bom-tsunami-warning-alert-weather-queensland-nsw-vic-tas/104394044
The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) says the test warning was sent as part of a transition to new early warning software.
The warning was sent via push notification to the BOM app, third-party weather apps, and the social media website X.
It was marked “test” and included tsunami watch warnings for Tasmania, New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland.
The test notification said the tsunami could sweep through Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales.
BOM says there is no tsunami threat.
National Warnings Summary http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/warnings/ ..after the list of warnings for ‘localities’ there is
This page last updated at:-Wednesday September 25 2024 09:45 UTC (GMT) – September 25 2024 17:45 AWST – September 25 2024 19:15 ACST – September 25 2024 19:45 AEST
(but no update times for each locality of warnings – perhaps Thailand’s warning system can improve on that).
The test was successful. The warning gets to its targets, but the warning itself failed to make clear that it was only a test or _a drill.