National Wireless Alert Text Today

Everyone around the country will get an alert on their cell phone at the same time today as FEMA conducts a test of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. The test will happen at 1:18 pm when all smartphones will display a “Presidential Alert” with the note: “THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed.” A second test of the national Emergency Alert System, the kind that typically appears on TV and radio, will follow at 1:20 pm.