2021 Required Monthly Test (RMT) Schedule

Each month, a required test of the Emergency Alert System takes place statewide.

It occurs on the third Thursday of every month except March to avoid conflict with the NCAA basketball tournament.

Below is the required monthly test schedule for 2021:

ODD MONTHS: 2:50 pm Eastern EVEN MONTHS: 4:50 am Eastern

  1. January 21, 2021 2:50 pm Eastern
  2. February 18, 2021 4:50 am Eastern
  3. March 18, 2021 2:50 PM Eastern*
  4. April 15, 2021 4:50 am Eastern
  5. May 20, 2021 2:50 pm Eastern
  6. June 17, 2021 4:50 am Eastern
  7. July 15, 2021 2:50 pm Eastern
  8. August 19, 2021 4:50 am Eastern
  9. September 16, 2021 2:50 pm Eastern
  10. October 21, 2021 4:50 am Eastern
  11. November 18, 2021 2:50 pm Eastern
  12. December 16, 2021 4:50 am Eastern

* 2021 NWS Severe Weather Preparedness Week – March 14-20, 2021. Use of the live TOR code is being requested for the Tuesday, March 16, 2021 NWS Test.

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