Heavy Rainfall and Severe Thunderstorm Threats for the Plains and Southeast

A frontal boundary extending from the western High Plains to the Southeast will focus additional showers and thunderstorms this weekend. Some of these storms may become severe, alongside frequent lightning, and isolated instances of flash flooding. Meanwhile dry conditions will continue for the Great Basin where fire weather concerns linger. For the mid-Atlantic and Northeast, seasonable weather. Read More >

A national test of the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system and Emergency Alert System (EAS) will take place on Wednesday Oct 3, 2018 at 12:18 MDT and 12:20 pm MDT. The National Weather Service (NWS) will not convey any test messages across NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards (NWR) or any other NWS dissemination systems. These tests are being conducted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

These tests will assess the readiness to distribute an emergency message nationwide and determine whether improvements are needed. Details on how the test messages will reach the public, the exact contents of the test messages, and other test information is posted on FEMA's web page at: http://www.fema.gov/Emergency-Alert-Test.

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Heavy Rainfall and Severe Thunderstorm Threats for the Plains and Southeast

National Test of the Wireless Emergency Alert and Emergency Alert System on Wednesday, October 3, 2018