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Statewide, Local Alerts Testing Information

THIS IS A TEST

The Texas Division of Emergency Management asked all local jurisdictions with emergency warning or alerts systems to test their systems from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Thursday, April 2, 2026. In the CAPCOG region, local governments coordinated these messages and worked to notify the public before their launch.

This test should lead to residents in the 10-county region receiving multiple emergency messages, with the first being a message from the Capital Area Council of Governments (CAPCOG). County and municipal governments message should follow. Colleges, universities, and school districts also are participating. Messages will be sent directly to cellphones through the IPAWS or WEA systems. Messages also will be sent to landline phones, cellphones, and emails via the Warn Central Texas regional notification system and other systems. Warn Central Texas notifications are sent via call, text and email depending on a subscriber’s settings.

Do Not Call 9-1-1 if you receive this test message.

Tests such as this are important to evaluating the effectiveness and functionality of public warning tools during emergencies and disasters.

It is a regional priority for all local jurisdictions to be able to contact as many residents as quickly possible during an emergency. CAPCOG and its stakeholders continually train on how to best send and draft critical messages that are pertinent and actionable to residents when emergencies occur.

Governments in the region have multiple ways of sending messages. However, Texas has the largest opt-out rates for cellphone emergency messages in the United States. The best way to ensure Warn Central Texas has your correct information is to self-register through this website.

If you believe you received a Warn Central Texas Message by mistake, email warncentraltexas@capcog.org. Correcting information is a manual process responding may take time.

HELPFUL

INFORMATION

CAPCOG and its member governments compiled a list of helpful information about this test and links to ensure residents know how to turn on their cellphone’s emergency notifications or signup for local emergency alerts.

What will the messages say?

Exact messaging will be determined by each jurisdiction, so some messaging may be different. However, sample messages were distributed around the region. They read as follows:

Sample short message for Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA)

(Jurisdiction or agency)-This is a TEST. No action required. (Website address)

WEA messages are generally shorter in message length.

Sample Warn Central Texas & Integrated Public Alert & Warning System Messages

(Name of Jurisdiction), This is a TEST of the (Jurisdiction again) Wireless Emergency Alert system. This scheduled test checks our ability to send emergency messages directly to mobile devices in a targeted area. No action is required. THIS IS ONLY TEST. Go to (Website address) for more information.

Sample From ISDs

(Name of District), This is a TEST of the (DISTRICT) Emergency Communication system. This scheduled test checks our ability to send emergency messages directly to our stakeholders. No action is required. THIS IS ONLY TEST. Go to (Website address) for more information.

Helpful

LINKS

Change Your iPhone Emergency Notifications

Change Your Android Emergency Notifications

Do Not Call 9-1-1 If You Receive this Test Message

The Capital Area Council of Governments and its partners are pleased to offer an emergency notification system to residents of Central Texas. Registering with WarnCentralTexas allows local officials to contact their communities by phone, email and text during times of disasters or public safety events.

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HOW IT

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Register NOW to receive emergency notifications from your local emergency response team. Be among the first to receive critical community alerts regarding natural disasters, weather warnings, evacuation notices, bio-terrorism alerts, boil water notices, and missing child reports.

STEP ONE

REGISTER

To get started, click the Get Alerts button below. Depending on your preferred delivery, register your cell phone number and/or email address.

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STEP TWO

CUSTOMIZE ALERTS

Choose to set up specific, custom alerts for multiple addresses, cell phone numbers, and/or email addresses.

DELIVERY METHODS

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STEP THREE

STAY INFORMED

Monitor alerts via your preferred delivery method(s) in the registration process to better protect your family, property, and yourself!

ABOUT

WARN CENTRAL TEXAS

The Capital Area Council of Governments uses a regional notification system (RNS) called Everbridge as a crucial public-safety tool. The web-based tool is available to users throughout the CAPCOG region to alert the public to emergency and non-emergency situations. It’s an effective tool for notifying a relatively large number of people in a short period of time.

Messages may include content such as incident-specific information, recommended protective actions or response directives. They can be delivered to various devices that accept voice, email or SMS text content and to alpha or numeric pagers.

The message sender identifies recipients, develops the message and determines which types of devices receive the message. Regional partners that use RNS can send voice messages to landline phones using CAPCOG’s 9-1-1 database. However, residents and visitors to the CAPCOG region must register their cell phone numbers and email addresses to receive notifications on mobile devices or computers.

In addition to alerts sent by local jurisdictions, residents may choose to receive automated warnings — tornado, severe thunderstorm or flash flood, for example — from the National Weather Service.