A civil authority has issued A REQUIRED MONTHLY TEST for the following counties or areas: New Jersey; at 12:50 AM on OCT 20, 2026 Effective until 2:50 AM. Message from IPAWSCAP. The New Jersey Office of Emergency Management is conducting a test of the Emergency Alert System.  Had this been an actual emergency, the attention signal you have just heard would have been followed by official information or instructions.  This concludes the test of the Emergency Alert System.