Full Notification

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Indiana will be one of 25 states, territories and the District of Columbia to participate in the largest to date test of the Emergency Alert System. This will occur on Wednesday. The test will be very similar to the monthly EAS tests that the public sees on a regular basis. For more details, see the information below.

Background on the National Test of the EAS:

Date/Time: On Wednesday February 24, at 2:20 p.m. Eastern, 1:20 p.m. Central time there will be a national test of the Emergency Alert System. This will be the largest test to date with 22 states, 2 territories, and the District of Columbia. The test is expected to last approximately one minute and will verify the delivery and broadcast of a national test message and assess the readiness for distribution of a national-level test message. The test message which appears/sounds on radio and television is nearly identical to the regular monthly test messages of EAS, normally heard and seen by the public.

List of Areas:
A test message will be made available to radio, broadcast and cable television systems in twenty-two states, two territories, and the District of Columbia: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Texas, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Virginia using the National Periodic Test (NPT) code.