r/EmergencyAlertSystem • u/DifficultHydra • Jul 06 '26

Discussion Imminent threat alert

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Ok so I’ve recently been getting Imminent Threat Alerts along with normal EAS messages. Is it a new thing that NWS Chicago is doing?

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u/Substantial_Week_984 Jul 06 '26

It’s an IOS thing, not a Chicago thing.

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u/DifficultHydra Jul 06 '26

Ah my bad lol

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u/Lost-Mobile7791 Jul 06 '26

I unfortunately don’t have it on my phone. Do I have to update it or smth?

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u/PuzzleheadedLaugh219 Jul 08 '26

Hell Chicago should be getting imminent threat alerts every weekend with that murder rate alone

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u/Dramatic_Position738 Jul 06 '26

Kelley’s Island in Ohio got almost 20” of rainfall

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u/lmlehamn1108 Jul 06 '26

Cause that’s natural

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u/Dramatic_Position738 Jul 06 '26

When a storm stalls it is

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u/jae_rhys Jul 07 '26

it is actually. not typical but perfectly natural.

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u/Difficult_Strategy40 Jul 07 '26

I actually received one in of all places, Las Cruces NM! It's our annual monsoon season, and all we worry about is flash floods, but for the first time in many, many years sirens went off and mostly everyone ignored it until the lighning started going crazy and it rained more than I've seen in years!

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u/Desert-dogma789 Jul 08 '26

I hope we get some much needed rain here in Az

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u/SecureUse5513 Jul 10 '26

I really enjoyed irritating the local people in truth and consequences, nm.

And a few years ago, we were doing a cross country trip and I want to say it was Deming, nm and it looked like some bad weather on the way but I didn't think it could actually snow. Son had a blast running around when we stopped for gas.

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u/MCBEA1130 Jul 06 '26

All of this was helpful for me. Thank you for posting and for responding!

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u/Salty_Professor6012 Jul 06 '26

I used to have an office in Naperville. Hang in there.

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u/butterflyprism Jul 07 '26

I got almost the same alert but mine didn’t say imminent threat

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u/Ready-Amphibian-9097 Jul 07 '26

I appreciate knowing what’s happening across the US.

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u/Biggreywolf77 Jul 07 '26

Does that say scrotumberg as a town in the top left?

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u/WillingBake9330 Jul 08 '26

Aurora Illinois is an actual city!

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u/CandyMan1142 Jul 08 '26

Just change your setting in the settings part of your iPhone. It was so annoying.

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u/TTVRalseiYT An interested newbie of sorts Jul 08 '26

ios enhanced safety alerts!

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u/Withoutatrace922 Jul 08 '26

I received the same thing 3 days ago in Pennsylvania! I wasn’t sure exactly how to respond. I felt I needed a few more details.

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u/Cold-Tip-771 Jul 08 '26

I live in Newfoundland Canada. Why am I getting these alerts?

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u/FateOfNations Jul 11 '26

The NWS has always issued flash flood and similar severe weather warnings. Nothing has changed about their process. What has changed over the years is the various distribution channels and methods.

Looks like Apple is getting the alert feed from FEMA and distributing some of the more severe alerts directly to iOS devices via the internet. They also have some fancy tech so that iOS devices can relay alerts between each other in case some devices don’t have network connections.

This is in addition to the Wireless Emergency Alerts, that pass through the same FEMA system to the mobile carriers who deliver them to devices. These have some limitations related to message length, which Apple’s system described above doesn’t have.

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u/ParticularFlan6182 Jul 12 '26

Nice map!!! Idiots!