No flooding was reported over the weekend as a result of recent rain. But Leavenworth County Emergency Management officials continue to monitor Stranger Creek and the Missouri River as additional rain is anticipated.
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Incorrect tornado alert mistakenly sent to cellphone customers
The Leavenworth Times
Local residents may have received text alerts on their cellphones Tuesday morning indicating a tornado warning had been issued.
But the warning was intended only as a test as part of a statewide tornado drill, according to Leavenworth County Emergency Management Director Chuck Magaha.
Magaha said his office received a number of phone calls and messages from people who received the alert Tuesday.
“Our email blew up,” he said.
Magaha said the messages were sent through what is known as the Wireless Emergency Alert system.
WEA, which was established through federal law, is a public safety alert system resulting from a partnership between Federal Emergency Management Administration, Federal Communications Commission and the wireless industry, according to information from the FCC’s website.