What does the emergency alert icon mean when it appears on a text message?

[AC Question]

When I send a text message to my daughter the past few days, an emergency alert icon appears in the lower right hand corner of the message after I have sent it to her. This icon does not appear on any other test messages that I send and it has only started appearing the last few days.

 

[Aqil Lee Chaelin]

Like "!" Icon?

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[Kelly Kearns]

Generally that means the text wasn't sent.

You can press and hold on the message and an option to resend should pop up.