National Weather Service Sends Test Alert Of Gulf Coast Tsunami

GALVESTON, TX — A push alert sent by the National Weather Service warning residents on the Texas Gulf Coast of a tsunami threat was only a drill, but it caused enough of a stir that officials had to go back and clarify.

The push alert, which wasn't actually suppose to be sent out to the public, went out at about 7:30 a.m. to residents living along the Texas Gulf Coast.

There is NO current Tsunami Warning, Advisory, Watch, or Threat for the U.S.
Please refer to https://t.co/pXpCFxXtaU and @NWS_NTWC for up to date information.
— NWS (@NWS) February" class="redactor-linkify-object">https://twitter.com/NWS/status... 6, 2018

A similar push alert was sent out to residents living along the eastern seaboard of the US, followed by Tweets from the National Weather Service warning residents that this was only a drill.

The push alerts and tweets didnt seem to cause any panic

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