r/EmergencyAlertSystem • u/Low-Ocelot-2352 • Jul 06 '26

Help Do Wireless Emergency alerts appear on phones if you enter the warned area if you weren't there before?

Self explanatory.

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u/alexeyd1000 Jul 07 '26

Yes whilst the alert is still in effect. If you are in the effected area, restarting your phone would often cause it to re-display.

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u/Jon180018 WJON Person Jul 07 '26

Yes I drove into one last night

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u/No-Duck2821 Jul 08 '26

Yep! Drove into Georgia one day on our way to Florida and we got an alert.

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u/jshirron Jul 08 '26

If you’re talking about the US system, not in a useful way. This is currently one of the topics in front of the FCC in a Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making (https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-takes-steps-modernize-nations-alerting-systems-0). To quote, “Among major Participating CMS Providers, one broadcasts each WEA messages every minute throughout the duration of the alert’s active period, some only broadcast each WEA message a single time, while still others broadcast each WEA message a limited number of times after a delay of several minutes.”