Cell phones can receive Wireless Emergency Alerts, which is a federal public safety system that alerts citizens about public safety emergencies — including severe weather warnings.

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — If you receive an emergency alert on your phone or hear tornado sirens Wednesday afternoon, Ingham County Emergency Management wants you to know it is just a test. Ingham ...

ALFRED, Maine — If there were big trouble on the coast – flooding, widespread road damage, bridges swamped, a stubborn uncontrolled fire in northern York County that threatens life and limb – the ...

VIROQUA, Wis. (WKBT) -- Vernon County's new public alert and notification system is now live. That system, called "Everbridge ...

Denver will test its wireless emergency alert system Thursday, though only people who’ve opted into receiving test alerts will experience it. The alert is planned for 11 a.m. Thursday.

Douglas County told FOX31 it does not use sirens, but every resident has access to tornado alerts via the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and National Weather Service WEA (Wireless ...

Unlike other storms, it is impossible to predict where a tornado will hit until it is imminent, a forecaster said.

The alert was issued at 3:54 a.m. through the Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) system. At 3:58 a.m., the tornado formed in Clark Mills, according to the National Weather Service.