FAQ about air alerts and sirens
It is an official warning sent to mobile phones when objects that may threaten public safety may appear or are already present in Lithuanian airspace. The message gives a colour — yellow, red, yellow after red, or white — and tells you what to do. The Lithuanian Armed Forces decide to issue it; PAGD sends it to the public.
Yellow means a possible air raid alert, but objects that could pose a danger are not yet in Lithuanian territory, and there is currently no direct threat to residents of the specified area. Stay calm, know your safe places, keep away from any suspicious object and call 112, then wait for further messages. A recent official LT-Alert text said: “POSSIBLE AIR RAID ALERT (YELLOW). Know your safe places. If you see a suspicious object, keep away, call 112. Wait for the all-clear. Recommendations – www.lt72.lt.”
Red means an object is flying in Lithuanian airspace or is likely to enter it and may pose a threat — a real air-attack threat to residents of the specified area. Go immediately to the nearest shelter or a safe windowless room and follow LRT until you receive a white message.
It is a yellow / possible air-raid warning received after a red alert, when dangerous objects are not currently in the air. It is not the all-clear. Official guidance is to remain in shelters or other safe places until the white message.
White is the all-clear: you may leave shelters and resume normal activities, but stay alert and keep following official information. Each colour change, including the all-clear, comes as a separate message.
Lithuania warns the public with cell-broadcast messages to mobile phones. Many phones show that government warning as “LT-Alert”, “Alert Level-2” or a similar emergency-alert title. The important part is the message body: the colour and the instructions (possible air raid alert / air raid alert / no air alert). Always read the full text and follow it. Check that government / public-warning alerts are enabled in your phone settings (see lt72.lt). This site cannot send or stop those official messages.
Listen carefully, follow the instructions, go to a safe place or shelter, and turn on LRT radio or television. Also read the message on your phone. The civil-protection signal “Oro pavojus” is issued only by decision of the Lithuanian Armed Forces, when there is a direct air-raid threat (including a drone or unidentified flying object) or the threat of an enemy attack.
Sirens are a civil-protection warning method, used according to the event. An air-raid siren is sounded only by decision of the Lithuanian Armed Forces. Sirens are also used for announced tests — check official municipal or lt72.lt notices for any test schedule rather than unofficial social-media posts.
A priedanga is a place for short-term protection (up to a few hours) during an air alert. They are marked with a yellow square reading “Priedanga”. Official map: open.geodata.gov.lt (PAGD dataset) and the list at lt72.lt/priedangu-sarasas/. If you cannot reach one in a few minutes, use the safest room in the building you are in — a basement or a windowless room with solid walls (the two-walls rule).
No. This is an unofficial civic dashboard. It does not replace sirens, LT-Alert, PAGD or the Lithuanian Armed Forces. Always follow official instructions.
Official status from LT72 notices and PAGD open data; news from LRT, 15min and Delfi RSS; military aircraft from adsb.lol; airspace zones from Oro navigacija open data; Ukraine context from alerts.in.ua; air quality from Open-Meteo; radiation from RSC RADIS.