Civil Emergency Message

Civil Emergency Message (SAME CODE: CEM) is a warning created by the National Weather Service meant to warn of an in-progress or imminent significant threat(s) to public safety and/or property. The CEM is a higher priority message than the Local Area Emergency (LAE), but the hazard is less specific than the Civil Danger Warning (CDW). For example, the CEM could be used to describe an alert issued by the National Terrorism Advisory System.

Examples of a Civil Emergency Message

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
554 AM CST MON NOV 12 2012

THE TULSA POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS REPORTED A BLOWN NATURAL GAS
LINE NEAR 89TH STREET AND MEMORIAL AVENUE IN TULSA COUNTY.
THE TULSA PD IS CURRENTLY ORDERING EVACUATIONS FROM 73RD EAST
AVENUE TO 83RD EAST AVENUE JUST NORTH OF 91ST STREET.



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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE
OKLAHOMA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY NORMAN OKLAHOMA
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
850 PM CDT SAT AUG 4 2012

THIS MESSAGE IS FROM THE CITY OF ALTUS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
OFFICE AND IS SENT AT THE REQUEST OF PUBLIC WORKS.

BECAUSE OF A POWER FAILURE AT TOM STEED RESERVOIR...THE WATER
SUPPLY HAS BEEN TEMPORARILY INTERRUPTED. ALTUS WATER CUSTOMERS ARE
ASKED TO REFRAIN FROM UNNECESSARY WATER USE UNTIL 6 PM SUNDAY
AUGUST 5TH. AGAIN...DO NOT WATER LAWNS...WASH CARS...AND RUN WATER
INTO THE STREET BECAUSE OF THE POWER FAILURE AT TOM STEED.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS REQUEST.

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OKC065-160430-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE
CITY OF ALTUS
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
457 PM CST TUE JAN 15 2013

THIS MESSAGE IS FROM THE CITY OF ALTUS OFFICE OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AND IS SENT AT THE REQUEST OF ADMINISTRATION. THE CITY OF
ALTUS IS UNDER MANDATORY WATER CONSERVATION. WE REQUEST YOUR HELP
WHILE THE LINE FROM TOM STEED LAKE IS BEING REPAIRED. PLEASE DO NOT
WATER OUTSIDE. WE ARE SWITCHING TO WATER FROM THE RESERVOIR, AND YOU
WILL NOTICE A CHANGE IN THE TASTE AND ODOR OF THE WATER.

REPEATING, THE CITY OF ALTUS IS UNDER MANDATORY WATER CONSERVATION
WHILE REPAIRS ARE MADE TO A LINE FROM TOM STEED LAKE.

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References

• Definitions of Colors on the National Weather Service Brownsville/Rio Grande Valley Website Map
• NWS Lubbock, TX Non-weather Emergency Messages Page

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document "Non-weather Related Emergency Message Description Guidelines".