Originally Posted By: Bingley
My local NOAA station was apparently down. Either that, or my weather radio broke.


NOAA radio stations where not carrying this EAS test in any case. There are plans to include them in the future, and the data from this test was intended to help bring that about.

"NOAA Weather Radio will not transmit the EAS Test. There is currently no mechanism to transport this type of message to NWR transmitters. Additionally, the Test will use the EAN code where the audio message exceeds the two minute audio time limit allowed by Specific Area Messaging Encoding (SAME) and the EAS."

FEMA EAS Announcement