Statewide Iowa — The private company that sends severe weather alerts for many Iowa counties misfired this weekend. The company was conducting a software upgrade when blizzard and fire warnings were sent to phones in Iowa shortly after 3 p.m. Saturday. Duane Walhoff is the Emergency Management Coordinator for Plymouth County.
According to some people who received the alert, if it came as a text and the link was clicked on, the message did mention that it was a test. However, the system also makes voice calls if requested, and those who got the voice calls said there was no mention of it being a test in the voice message.
Walhoff says the software glitch has been resolved.
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