Excessive Rainfall Possible for the Gulf Coast and Florida; October Heat Wave in California

A slow moving front will be the focus area for heavy to excessive rainfall and a threat for flash/urban flooding across parts of the Gulf Coast into central/northern Florida early this week. Abnormally hot, potentially record-breaking, temperatures will continue for southern California and stretch north toward the Bay Area and Central Valley this week. Read More >

As part of the Kansas Severe Weather Preparedness Week, a test Tornado Warning was sent out at 9 am MST this morning. Typically, this warning is used to test NOAA Weather Radios, the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and serves as an opportunity for local jurisdictions to test their outdoor warning sirens. However, this year the test Tornado Warning also activated the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system which sends alerts to many cellular devices. When this WEA alert was issued, there was no wording indicating this was a test Tornado Warning.

The cause of this issue has been identified and corrected. We apologize for any inconvenience or anxiety this situation caused.

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Excessive Rainfall Possible for the Gulf Coast and Florida; October Heat Wave in California

Test Tornado Warning Activates WEA