The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be testing its Wireless Emergency Alerts, or WEA, and Emergency Alert System, or EAS, nationwide today at 2:20 p.m., according to an Oct. 3 press release.

The federal government will test the emergency alert system by sending messages to millions of cellphones, TVs and radios. Prepare for your phone to emit loud sounds and vibrations. June 11, 2025 ...

At around 2:20 p.m., Wireless Emergency Alerts will go out to every cell phone in the country. Rest assured, it's part of one big test.

FEMA said a different alert tone or vibration for cellphone users should distinguish the phone alert. The EAS portion of the test should be a message that is to run for one minute with the ...

Your cell phone will play a sudden, loud alarm at 2:20 p.m. Wednesday as part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s national test of its alert system through all consumer cell phones.

Americans around the country will see their phones light up this week following a nationwide test of emergency alert systems. FEMA and the FCC plan to hold the two-part emergency alert system test ...

On Wednesday at 2:20 p.m. ET, every TV, radio and cellphone in the U.S. should blare out the electronic warning tone of an emergency alert.

(Tribune News Service) — Get ready for an alert on your cellphones, televisions and radios on Oct. 4. At 2:20 p.m., the federal government will test its nationwide Emergency Alert System and ...

While some campus landline phones will receive alerts, MSU's public safety department plans to work to continue to implement the desktop phone alert in all buildings on campus throughout the summer.