The National Weather Service has issued A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING for the following counties or areas: Butler; Black Hawk; Bremer, IA; at 4:45 AM on APR 18, 2025 Effective until 5:30 AM. Message from WDON. 

The National Weather Service has issued A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING for the following counties or areas: Butler, IA; at 4:12 AM on APR 18, 2025 Effective until 5:12 AM. Message from WDON. 

The National Weather Service has issued A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING for the following counties or areas: Franklin, IA; at 3:57 AM on APR 18, 2025 Effective until 4:27 AM. Message from WDON. 

The National Weather Service has issued A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING for the following counties or areas: Cerro Gordo; Worth, IA; at 3:32 AM on APR 18, 2025 Effective until 4:17 AM. Message from WDON. 

The National Weather Service has issued A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING for the following counties or areas: Wright; Hancock; Kossuth, IA; at 3:10 AM on APR 18, 2025 Effective until 4:10 AM. Message from WDON. 

The National Weather Service has issued A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING for the following counties or areas: Sioux, IA; at 3:10 AM on APR 18, 2025 Effective until 3:55 AM. Message from WDON. 

The National Weather Service has issued A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING for the following counties or areas: Sioux, IA; at 2:16 AM on APR 18, 2025 Effective until 3:01 AM. Message from WDON. 

The National Weather Service has issued A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING for the following counties or areas: Muscatine; Louisa, IA; at 2:11 AM on APR 18, 2025 Effective until 2:56 AM. Message from WDON. 

A civil authority has issued A CHILD ABDUCTION EMERGENCY for the following counties or areas: Riverside; San Bernardino, CA; at 1:55 AM on APR 18, 2025 Effective until 3:55 AM. Message from WDON. AN AMBER ALERT IS BEING ISSUED BY THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL ON BEHALF OF THE DESERT HOT SPRINGS POLICE DEPARTMENT.  ON APRIL 17, 2024, AT 815 PM, NOVA LANDEROS WAS ABDUCTED FROM DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA.  NOVA LANDEROS IS AN 8 YEAR OLD HISPANIC FEMALE STANDING 4 FEET 5 INCHES TALL WEIGHING 60 POUNDS WITH BROWN HAIR AND BROWN EYES.  NOVA LANDEROS IS BELIEVED TO BE WEARING A BLACK SHIRT BLACK SWEATER BROWN PANTS AND WHITE SHOES.  THE SUSPECT, OSCAR LANDEROS IS A 33 YEAR OLD HISPANIC MALE STANDING 5 FEET 11 INCHES TALL WEIGHING 200 POUNDS WITH BLACK HAIR AND BROWN EYES.  OSCAR LANDEROS IS WEARING UNKNOWN CLOTHING.    THE SUSPECT WAS LAST SEEN DRIVING A GRAY TOYOTA TACOMA, WITH CALIFORNIA LICENSE PLATE NUMBER 8M35383.  IF SEEN CALL 9 1 1 

A civil authority has issued A REQUIRED MONTHLY TEST for the following counties or areas: Rhode Island; Bristol; Kent; Newport; Providence; Washington, RI; at 12:26 AM on APR 18, 2025 Effective until 1:26 AM. Message from WDON. This is a test. This station is participating in a coordinated monthly test of the Rhode Island operational area Emergency Alert system. The Rhode Island broadcasters in cooperation with federal, state, and local authorities have developed this system to provide immediate warning, information or instructions. If this had been an actual emergency, the attention signal you just heard would have been followed by official news, information or instructions. This concludes this test of the Emergency Alert System.