ShelbyALerts
ShelbyALerts: Emergency Notification System
Get emergency alerts and other important community news by signing up for ShelbyALerts. This system enables us to quickly provide you with critical information in situations such as:
- severe weather
- road closures
- missing persons
- evacuations and more
You will receive time-sensitive notifications for the locations you specify such as your home and/or office. ShelbyALerts can contact you via:
- home, mobile or business phone
- text message
- Everbridge phone app
- email and more
You pick where, you pick how.
ShelbyALerts, Mobile Phones & DO NOT DISTURB
Emergency Notifications, like TORNADO WARNINGS, cannot reach you if your phone is on Do Not Disturb.
If you use Do Not Disturb, consider turning REPEATED CALLS ON to allow emergency notifications voice calls to ring.
Please create a contact with the following:
- ShelbyALerts
- 205-610-0950 (voice messages come from this number)
- 89361 (text messages come from this number)
- Consider making it a "Favorite" in your phone contact list
ShelbyALerts: Everbridge APP
You can also receive notifications and manage your profile using the Everbridge phone app. In the Google and Apple stores, look for:
- Everbridge For Everbridge & Nixle Alerts
When enrolling on Everbridge app, search for Organization/Subscription by typing:
- shelbyalerts
- Click on: ShelbyALerts: Shelby County, Alabama
Nixle Notifications
These type notifications may be used in the future for specific events and alerts in Shelby County. As an example:
For the latest information from ALDOT on the I-59/20 bridge project and traffic impacts:
- Text "5920BRIDGE" to 888777