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A text message flashed across Preston Leigh's phone at the height of today's storm.

"It's almost like the noise you hear on your TV when you get a weather alert," Leigh says of the accompanying chirp.

The message was a Wireless Emergency Alert sent by the National Weather Service.  Today's message included a tornado warning and urged users to seek shelter.  The program, which sends automatic text-like messages to cell phones, began last April.

But not all phones are capable of receiving such messages.  Though all major carriers participate in the program, only some phone models are able to accept the texts.

"I have a Verizon 4G phone and it's not fair that other people can get it, but I can't because anything can happen at anytime," Austin Jordan says.

I-Phones are also not included on the list of models accepting texts. 

"I don't have cable at home, I don't really watch that much TV.  We just have internet.  Definitely the best way to get ahold of me is through text message or e-mail that I also get on my phone," I-Phone user Christopher Thurmond says.

The following models of phones are capable of receiving Wireless Emergency Alerts:

Verizon:

                 BlackBerry Bold™ 9930

                BlackBerry Curve™ 9310

                BlackBerry Curve 9330

                BlackBerry Torch™ 9850

                Casio GZ One Commando®

                Casio GZ One Ravine®

                DROID Incredible by HTC

                DROID Incredible 4G LTE by HTC

                HTC Rhyme™

                Thunderbolt™ by HTC

                HTC Trophy™

                LG Cosmos™ 2

                LG Enlighten™

                Lucid™ by LG

                LG Revere™

                Revolution by LG

                Motorola Barrage™

                Motorola Citrus™

                Droid 2 by Motorola

                Droid 2 Global by Motorola

                Droid 4 4G by Motorola

                Droid Bionic by Motorola

                Droid Pro by Motorola

                Droid Razr by Motorola

                Droid Razr Maxx by Motorola

                Droid X by Motorola

                Droid X2 by Motorola

                Pantech Hotshot™

                Pantech Jest™ 2

                Pantech Marauder™

                Samsung Brightside™

                Samsung Convoy™ 2

                Droid Charge by Samsung

                Samsung Fascinate™

                Samsung Galaxy S® III

Sprint:

               Sanyo Inuendo

               Sanyo Vero

              Sanyo Milano

              HTC EVO 3D

              Samsung Galaxy SII

             4G Touch

             LG Marque

             Kyocera DuraMax

             Kyocera Duracore

             Kyocera Brio

            Samsung Trender

           HTC EVO Design 4G

           Samsung Transform Ultra

AT&T:

          Samsung Galaxy SII (SGH-i777)

         Samsung Captivate Glide (SGH-i927)

         Motorola Atrix 2 (mb865)

T-Mobile:

        T-Mobile Mytouch

         Samsung Galaxy

         HTC One S

         Samsung Galazy S III

        Nokia Lumia 710

         T-Mobile Prism

        Samsung t159

Bluegrass Cellular:

         Motorola Milestone X2

Cellcom:

        Motorola Milestone X2

Cricket:

         Blackberry Curve 9350