A CIVIL AUTHORITY HAS ISSUED A REQUIRED MONTHLY TEST FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES/AREAS: Oceana, MI; AT 7:48 AM ON DEC 11, 2024 EFFECTIVE UNTIL 8:03 AM. MESSAGE FROM IPAWSCAP.  This is a test of the West Central Michigan Emergency Alert System originating from the Oceana County Emergency Operations Center.  If this had been an actual emergency such as a tornado, a toxic chemical release, widespread electrical loss, 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.