Get text messages on your mobile phone or PDA with news, weather and more from king5.com.

Stay connected to us wherever you are! With Text Alerts, get breaking news updates along with other area information sent to you as a text message to your wireless device or email address.

Choose from the following message categories:

• News - Get breaking news information for our area and around the nation.
• Daily Weather Forecast - Receive the weather forecast from the First Alert Weather team.
• Local Sports News/Scores - Stay up-to-date with scores and news from your favorite local teams.
  
• Traffic Alerts - Be notified when traffic is backed up in and around Seattle.
  
• School Notices/Closings - Be alerted when when your school is closed or delayed due to weather, power outage or other incident.
  

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Please complete the information below and click on the CONTINUE button.

In Step 2 of the sign up process, a personal authorization code will be sent to your mobile phone or email address. You will need to enter the 5-digit code in the next screen within (5) minutes in order to verify and complete your enrollment in the system. Do not navigate away from that screen until your enrollment is complete.

Important: Our systems are tested for performance and reliability on a frequent basis. However, normal network transmission limitations can occur from time-to-time and may cause delays in the receipt of messages.