The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency issued a severe Local Area Emergency wireless alert for Barnstable County, Massachusetts, on Saturday morning¹.

The IPAWS product, sent at 8:27 a.m. EST and updated at 8:39 a.m. EST, was rated Severe, Immediate and Observed¹. It was listed to expire at 4:27 p.m. EST Saturday¹.

The message, credited to Barnstable Police, said a 76-year-old White woman was missing from 310 Pine Street in West Barnstable and was last seen about 10 a.m. the previous day¹. A shorter wireless text described her as a missing female with dementia¹. Residents were asked to check their property, yards, cars and outbuildings, and not to search beyond their property¹. The alert said there was a heavy presence of personnel and dogs in the woods¹.

Anyone with information was asked to call 508-778-3874¹. The alert did not name the woman or say whether she had been found¹.

Sources

1. MA Emergency Management AgencyMissing and Endangered Persons8:39 AM

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