Nationwide Emergency Alert Test (10/4/23)

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will conduct a nationwide test of the Wireless Emergency Alert System (WEA) and Emergency Alert System (EAS) tomorrow, October 4th at 2:20 PM.
 
The WEA system is used to warn the public about dangerous weather, missing children, and other critical situations through alerts on cell phones. Cell phones that are switched on and within range of an active cell tower should be capable of receiving the test message. Cell phones should only receive the message once.
 
The EAS test is scheduled to last approximately one minute and is made available to radio and television broadcasters, cable, satellite radio, and television providers. The test message will be similar to regular monthly EAS test messages with which the public is familiar.