OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - Wireless Emergency Alerts are messages that are sent to your phone by authorized government agencies, like the National Weather Center, and local public safety departments.

The alerts often are Amber alerts, endangered missing juvenile, blue alerts, silver alerts, and Kasey alerts. They can even be tornadoes, a severe thunderstorm, or flash flooding.

On Thursday, all 77 counties in Oklahoma received a Missing Endangered Juvenile alert.

14-year-old Isabella Rodriguez was missing, and law enforcement was concerned for her safety.

News 4 wanted to find out why other Endangered Missing Advisories, Kasey alerts, or Silver alerts don't get the same push alert on phones.

"It's kind of a delicate balance here," said Sarah Stewart, Department of Public Safety.

Stewart s

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