Nationwide Alert Test next week
FEMA, in cooperation with the FCC, will conduct a national test of the Wireless Emergency Alert System (WEA) and Emergency Alert System (EAS) on September 20, 2018 at 2:18 pm EDT and 2:20 pm EDT, respectively. The EAS message will test use of the National Periodic Test /NPT/ Event Code. The WEA test will likely show up on cell phones accepting government alerts as "Presidential Alert."
See the below link for details.
https://www.weather.gov/media/notification/pdfs/pns18-26national_wea_eas_test.pdf
As with the prior national tests of EAS, WFOs will not convey the test message over NWR or any other NWS dissemination pathways.
Rich Kinney
Warning Coordination Meteorologist
NWS Quad Cities
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NWS Quad Cities
Davenport, Iowa
Phone: (563) 386-3976
Web: www.weather.gov/quadcities
Address/Location
Fulton Police Dept. Fulton, IL
415 11th Ave
Fulton, IL 61252
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 815-589-3617