| DATE |
DAY |
TIME |
ORIGINATOR |
| Jan. 8 |
Monday |
2:30
p.m. |
Inland
NW ONLY |
| Jan. 8 |
Monday |
2:50
p.m. |
Local
Area |
| Feb.
6 |
Tuesday |
7:25
a.m. |
State
DEM |
| March
7 |
Wednesday |
7:40
a.m. |
Inland
NW ONLY |
| March
7 |
Wednesday |
7:50
a.m. |
Local
Area |
| March
7 |
Wednesday |
1:30
p.m. |
Columbia
Basin ONLY |
| *Apr.
24 |
Tuesday |
9:45
a.m.* |
State
DEM |
| May
1 |
Tuesday |
9:40
a.m. |
Inland
NW ONLY |
| **May
1 |
Tuesday |
10:00
a.m.** |
Local
Area |
| June
7 |
Thursday |
8:10
a.m. |
Inland
NW ONLY |
| June
7 |
Thursday |
8:20
a.m. |
Local
Area |
| June
7 |
Thursday |
10:30
a.m. |
Columbia
Basin ONLY |
| July
6 |
Friday |
9:50
a.m. |
State
DEM |
| Aug.
10 |
Friday |
8:20
a.m. |
Columbia
Basin ONLY |
| Aug.
11 |
Saturday |
7:40
a.m. |
Inland
NW ONLY |
| Aug.
11 |
Saturday |
7:50
a.m. |
Local
Area |
| Sept.
19 |
Wednesday |
10:05
a.m. |
Inland
NW ONLY |
| ***Sept.
19 |
Wednesday |
10:15
a.m.*** |
National
Wx Service |
| Oct.
3 |
Wednesday |
6:05
p.m. |
Columbia
Basin ONLY |
| Oct.
7 |
Sunday |
7:40
a.m. |
Inland
NW ONLY |
| ****Oct.
7 |
Sunday |
7:50
a.m.**** |
Local
Area |
| Nov.
5 |
Monday |
10:10
a.m. |
Inland
NW ONLY |
| Nov.
5 |
Monday |
10:25
a.m. |
Local
Area |
| Dec.
4 |
Tuesday |
4:35
p.m. |
Inland
NW ONLY |
| Dec.
4 |
Tuesday |
4:50
p.m. |
Local
Area |
| |
* In April, EAS will be
part of the Earthquake preparedness
drill. Since that will occur in
the daytime, March has been switched
to a nighttime/ early morning
test. The preparedness drill
will occur between 9:45 and 10:00
AM.
**In
May, the RMT will include Pierce
County's annual Lahar test.
***The
September test will run as part
of the NWS tsunami
communications drill for Alaska
and the West Coast. It is
also "Weather Radio Awareness
Month," so NWS will originate
the monthly RMT.
****The
October test coincides with
a FEMA-required activation and
survey of tone-alert radios
in Franklin and Benton Counties.
Exact times are shown. This will help traffic,
programming, and operations
departments everywhere prepare
for the incoming test, and balances
out the desires of those groups
that asked for top-of-the-hour
tests and those that asked for
bottom-of-the-hour tests.
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