Emergency alert in Pennsylvania warns of intermittent 911 outage [View all]
Source: USA Today
Updated July 11, 2025, 4:13 p.m. ET
HANOVER, PA ‒ Phones in Pennsylvania rang out with the eerie noise of an emergency alert on Friday afternoon, July 11, as the state warned of an intermittent 911 outage.
"Pennsylvania is experiencing a statewide intermittent 911 outage," the alert said. "Individuals experiencing issues contacting 911 are asked to contact their local 911 Center on their non-Emergency lines."
The alert was received by phones in multiple parts of the state, including Beaver County in western Pennsylvania and York County in southcentral, Pennsylvania. Please only call 911 for true emergencies. Do not call just to check whether it is working," the PA Emergency Management Agency posted on social media.
Pennsylvania is the fifth most populous state in the United States with over 13 million residents, according to census records. The state did not immediately provide information on the cause of the 911 problems or how long they may take to resolve.
Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/07/11/pennsylvania-emergency-alert-911-outage/84632944007/
And yup, I got the EAS alert on my phones and one of my sisters immediately texted what was basically a WTF? text.
Definitely important though because 911 is a critical number for emergencies.
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