An EAS Participant has issued A PRACTICE/DEMO WARNING for the following counties or areas: Cuyahoga; Geauga, OH; at 1:08 PM on OCT 18, 2026 Effective until 2:08 PM. Message from GEWX(IP). 

An EAS Participant has issued A REQUIRED WEEKLY TEST for the following counties or areas: Butler; Cass; Clay; Colfax; Dodge; Fillmore; Gage; Jefferson; Johnson; Lancaster; Merrick; Nance; Nemaha; Otoe; Pawnee; Platte; Polk, NE; Pottawattamie, IA; Richardson; Saline; Sarpy; Saunders; Seward; Thayer; Washington; York, NE; at 1:00 PM on OCT 18, 2026 Effective until 2:00 PM. Message from ERN/LB. 

An EAS Participant has issued A REQUIRED WEEKLY TEST for the following counties or areas: Adair; Le Flore; Sequoyah, OK; Crawford; Franklin; Logan; Scott; Sebastian, AR; at 1:00 PM on OCT 18, 2026 Effective until 1:15 PM. Message from ERN/FSM. 

An EAS Participant has issued A REQUIRED WEEKLY TEST for the following areas: Iowa; Virginia; Michigan; Florida; Pennsylvania; Montana; Oregon; Georgia; West Virginia; Minnesota; Illinois; South Carolina; Indiana; Louisiana; Delaware; Ohio; New York; Missouri; Maryland; Hawaii; Arizona; North Carolina; California; Nebraska; at 1:00 PM on OCT 18, 2026 Effective until 2:00 PM. Message from SQUAWK. This is a test of the Emergency Alert System for the GWES EAS Relay Network. Equipment is being tested that can quickly provide warnings during emergencies. This test originates from Network Operations at random times throughout the week. In the event of severe weather, the test may be postponed until the next day without a severe weather threat. The following tones will conclude this test. 

An EAS Participant has issued A REQUIRED WEEKLY TEST for the following counties or areas: Arlington; Fairfax (city); Falls Church, VA; Montgomery; Prince George's, MD; District of Columbia, DC; at 12:18 PM on OCT 18, 2026 Effective until 1:18 PM. Message from ALPINE. 

An EAS Participant has issued A REQUIRED WEEKLY TEST for the following counties or areas: Maricopa, AZ; at 12:00 PM on OCT 18, 2026 Effective until 12:15 PM. Message from KAZP. 

A civil authority has issued A REQUIRED WEEKLY TEST for the following counties or areas: Cass, ND; Clay, MN; at 11:05 AM on OCT 18, 2026 Effective until 12:05 PM. Message from IPAWSCAP. This is a Required Weekly Test. This is only a test. Red River Regional Dispatch Center. 

An EAS Participant has issued A REQUIRED WEEKLY TEST for the following counties or areas: Aiken; Bamberg; Barnwell, SC; Burke; Columbia, GA; Edgefield, SC; Glascock; Jefferson; Lincoln, GA; McCormick, SC; McDuffie; Richmond; Warren, GA; at 7:05 AM on OCT 18, 2026 Effective until 8:05 AM. Message from WMLS/SAV. 

A civil authority has issued A REQUIRED WEEKLY TEST for the following counties or areas: Cass, ND; Clay, MN; at 7:04 AM on OCT 18, 2026 Effective until 8:04 AM. Message from IPAWSCAP. This is a Required Weekly Test. This is only a test. Red River Regional Dispatch Center. 

An EAS Participant has issued A REQUIRED WEEKLY TEST for the following counties or areas: Norfolk; Chesapeake; Northampton; Poquoson; Accomack; Gloucester; Isle of Wight; James City; Mathews; Surry; York; Franklin (city); Hampton; Newport News; Portsmouth; Suffolk; Virginia Beach; Williamsburg; Southampton, VA; at 5:22 AM on OCT 18, 2026 Effective until 5:37 AM. Message from TGR/SAGE.