A civil authority has issued A REQUIRED MONTHLY TEST for the following counties or areas: Van Buren, MI; at 10:53 AM on JUL 16, 2026 Effective until 11:53 AM. Message from IPAWSCAP. This is a required monthly test of the Southwest Michigan Emergency Alert System originating from the Van Buren County Emergency Operations Center. If this had been an actual emergency, such as a tornado, a toxic material release, nuclear plant incident, wide spread phone or power outages or other State or local emergency that affects your safety, official messages would have followed the alert tone. This concludes this test of the Emergency Alert System.