Just A Test: Harvey Cedars PD Sends 'Tsunami Warning'

HARVEY CEDARS, N.J. — If you're in the Long Beach Island area, you should be alright. At the very least, there's little chance a tsunami will affect you on this fine Monday.

The Harvey Cedars Police Department sent a "tsunami warning" at 1:28 p.m. Monday on Nixle. However, the message was only for test purposes. Officials were testing transmission times on dissemination of potential tsunami info.

Harvey Cedars PD sent a Nixle alert and Facebook announcement shortly after to disregard the warning. They apologized for any concerns, stating the test came from the National Weather Service.

"We apologize for the scare and are working on a solution to prevent this from happening again," said Chief Robert Burnaford.

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