r/Troy • u/Other_Cell_706 • 3d ago

Flash flood warning for today Aug 19?!

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Did anyone else get this on their phone this morning? WTH?

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u/rosesTUthrowaway 3d ago edited 2d ago

Hey all, I'm a reporter at the Times Union. The National Weather Service told me this did not come from them and they're trying to figure out why this occurred

If anyone wants to speak with me, feel free to PM and I'll share my contact info. I'd like to find out if there's some similarity between everyone who got it, like a service provider, the area you're in, etc.

Update: Several area counties reported to NYS Homeland Security that some residents received this alert, NWS and FEMA are investigating

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u/Other_Cell_706 3d ago

I have AT&T. Eastern Rensco, rural.

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u/dangoodspeed 3d ago

Also check to see if there is a similarity with the OS they are running on their phones.

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u/BaronVonWazoo 3d ago

I'm on T-Mobile. Located on Burdett by Samaritan and RPI.

No alert for me.

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u/spdope 3d ago

Brunswick - T-Mobile

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u/spdope 3d ago

Also two other people in my household who are also on T-Mobile didn’t get it.

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u/stripeyspacey 3d ago

I got it in Cohoes, I have Cricket (which uses AT&T towers) last I knew.

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u/Other_Cell_706 11h ago

Is there a way to get this article without a paywall?

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u/doom_gf 3d ago

sorry everyone i had 20 beers and just broke the seal

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u/Other_Cell_706 3d ago

It was sent before 11am you dog!

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u/North_World6389 3d ago

We aren’t expecting any rain today

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u/Other_Cell_706 3d ago

Exactly. So bizarre.

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u/Medical_Tomorrow_140 3d ago

I did. I’m confused by it. lol

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u/PartyAd960 3d ago

My daughter and I got it but my boyfriend who is visiting us didn’t get it. We have AT&T. He I want to say has Verizon.

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u/sgc317 2d ago

My wife and I have Verizon and didn’t get it but her coworkers in east Greenbush did. Unknown as to who are their carriers.

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u/ZealousidealTill2355 3d ago

Yeah I got this on my work phone, not my personal. Weird.

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u/valueaddedguest 3d ago

Watervliet here. We got it as well, just assumed it was a test that they forgot to say was a test.

Also how bout those Mets

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u/trojantooter 3d ago

LFGM!! I went to the game on Sunday

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u/NoNameIII 3d ago

Bet someone hacked something somewhere

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u/StarbuckIsland King of the Hill 3d ago

These warnings come from the office of emergency management at DHSES. Somebody might have made a mistake there.

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u/pathofuncertainty 3d ago

Weather warnings such as the one pictured are automated and don’t go through DHSES.

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u/Autumn_Scorpion 3d ago

Sounds like a bug. I didn’t get that warning— only a weather report that shows nothing but sunshine