Thurston County Expands Emergency Alert Options

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  Thurston County Emergency Management announced new alert options for residents on July 16, 2026No usable supporting receipt — unverified.
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  The county now offers Public Alerts for river flood notifications“Currently in Thurston County, river flood notifications are available for public sign up and notification.”
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  Residents can sign up to receive these alerts via email or textNo usable supporting receipt — unverified.
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  The system also includes Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) for extreme weather“Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA)WEA are text alerts that can be received on most smart phones and are relevant to your current location, not your home or the address associated with your phone. WEA messages are short and typically alert for extreme weather or area hazards, AMBER Alerts or Presidential alerts of national emergency. You can opt out of all WEA alerts, aside from Presidential alerts.”
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  The system also includes Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) for AMBER Alerts“Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA)WEA are text alerts that can be received on most smart phones and are relevant to your current location, not your home or the address associated with your phone. WEA messages are short and typically alert for extreme weather or area hazards, AMBER Alerts or Presidential alerts of national emergency. You can opt out of all WEA alerts, aside from Presidential alerts.”
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  The system also includes Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) for other immediate hazards“Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA)WEA are text alerts that can be received on most smart phones and are relevant to your current location, not your home or the address associated with your phone. WEA messages are short and typically alert for extreme weather or area hazards, AMBER Alerts or Presidential alerts of national emergency. You can opt out of all WEA alerts, aside from Presidential alerts.”
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  WEA messages appear on smartphones based on location“WEA messages are short and typically alert for extreme weather or area hazards, AMBER Alerts or Presidential alerts of national emergency. You can opt out of all WEA alerts, aside from Presidential alerts. Public AlertsPublic Alerts provide citizens the opportunity to sign up to receive certain types of notifications. Currently in Thurston County, river flood notifications are available for public sign up and notification. If you are having trouble, or would like more information on Thurston Community Alert, call (360) 867-2800.”
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  WEA messages appear on smartphones not home address“WEA messages are short and typically alert for extreme weather or area hazards, AMBER Alerts or Presidential alerts of national emergency. You can opt out of all WEA alerts, aside from Presidential alerts. Public AlertsPublic Alerts provide citizens the opportunity to sign up to receive certain types of notifications. Currently in Thurston County, river flood notifications are available for public sign up and notification. If you are having trouble, or would like more information on Thurston Community Alert, call (360) 867-2800.”
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  Residents can register for alerts at ThurstonCountyWA.gov/TCAlert“Click here to register Thurston County Emergency Management, in an effort to keep our citizens safe and apprised of hazardous conditions in the area, uses several types of alerts to warn the public of potential hazards within Thurston County: Emergency Notification Public AlertsThese types of notifications typically target a geographic area and include a wide range of alerts including: burn bans boil notices missing persons and chemical spills to name a few.”
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  Those with questions can call (360) 867-2800“If you are having trouble, or would like more information on Thurston Community Alert, call (360) 867-2800.”
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  The county says these tools help keep citizens informed during hazardous conditions“Thurston County Emergency Management, in an effort to keep our citizens safe and apprised of hazardous conditions in the area, uses several types of alerts to warn the public of potential hazards within Thurston County:”
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  The county says these tools help keep citizens informed during chemical spills“Emergency Notification Public AlertsThese types of notifications typically target a geographic area and include a wide range of alerts including: burn bans boil notices missing persons and chemical spills to name a few.”
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  The county says these tools help keep citizens informed during burn bans“Emergency Notification Public AlertsThese types of notifications typically target a geographic area and include a wide range of alerts including: burn bans boil notices missing persons and chemical spills to name a few.”
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  The county says these tools help keep citizens informed during missing persons cases“Emergency Notification Public AlertsThese types of notifications typically target a geographic area and include a wide range of alerts including: burn bans boil notices missing persons and chemical spills to name a few.”