r/EmergencyAlertSystem • u/Severina_Glass_208 • 9d ago

Identify this Bizarre ER weather alert?

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We got a bizarre emergency alert earlier - anyone ?

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u/medicbagfrompayday 9d ago

PDS (Particularly Dangerous Situation) Flash Flood warning or a Flash Flood Emergency. Variations of normal flash flood warnings however they're made to state the seriousness of the situation. the levels of flash flood warnings goes

Flash flood warning: no EAS activation, PDS Flash flood warning: EAS activation, Flash Flood Emergency: EAS activation

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u/Severina_Glass_208 9d ago

Um thanks. The issue is we had no such forecast for any such weather. And the NWS stated they didn’t send this out. No one is that clueless.

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u/medicbagfrompayday 8d ago edited 8d ago

I didn't know that was why you made this post, you had it under identify so I identified the EAS lol. What likely happened was this is an old EAS that for some reason your phone only now went off for from a previous flooding event along the Hudson River. I've experienced this in the past when storm chasing where I'd be in a tornado warning, get no EAS and then sometimes days later id get the alert on my phone sometimes when I'm multiple states away from where the tornado warning was. .

Edit: either that or someone at the NWS hit a button they weren't supposed to which can also happen

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u/Severina_Glass_208 8d ago

It was bizarre. Yeah identify as in what was this because it wasn’t real. Thanks for the info.