That means if your mobile phone was on and receiving service from a participating wireless provider, you will likely received the national Wireless Emergency Alert test, the agency added.

Here's what to know about the alert. Wednesday's national emergency alert test evaluated the country's Emergency Alert System, called EAS, and Wireless ... depending on your phone's language ...

The message on phones will be: “THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed.” The message will display in Spanish if that's the language selected in the ...

The last national test was in 2021. "THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed." Phones set to Spanish displayed: "ESTA ES UNA PRUEBA del Sistema Nacional ...

Both organizations are coordinating with Emergency Alert System participants, emergency managers, wireless ... national level. The WEA portion of the test will go directly to all consumer cell phones.

Another reason you may not have gotten the alert ... your phone was off at the time, on airplane mode or not within the range of an active cell tower at the time. According to FEMA, the national ...

The message should have read: "THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed." For phones set to Spanish, the message was: "ESTA ES UNA PRUEBA del Sistema ...

Congressional leaders are begging the federal government to fulfill its promises to modernize the national wireless emergency ...

According to FEMA, there are a number of reasons why you may not have received the national test. Another reason you may not have gotten the alert was that your phone was off at the time ...