Amber Alert a few days ago

A few days ago I was looking at the weather on the national weather service and noticed and Amber Alert in SE Texas and SW La. I almost always click on them and read when I see them. This particular one struck me as quite odd almost instantly and questioned if this is what the system was designed for. An hour or two after the alert was issued it was canceled. Here is the original alert.

Child Abduction Emergency



WOUS44 KAMA 040258
CAEAMA
TXC011-065-087-111-117-129-179-195-205-211-233-295-341-357-359-
375-381-393-421-483-040600-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
CHILD ABDUCTION EMERGENCY
TEXAS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
858 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013

THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE TEXAS
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.

THIS IS A CHILD ABDUCTION ALERT ISSUED BY THE TEXAS AMBER ALERT
NETWORK.

THE SHELBY COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE IS SEARCHING FOR IESHA NICOLE
HUBBARD...BLACK FEMALE...17 YEARS OLD...DATE OF BIRTH JANUARY
28...1996...5 FEET...2 INCHES...230 POUNDS...BLACK HAIR...AND BROWN
EYES. VICTIM WAS LAST SEEN AT 1010 PM ON MARCH 2 2013...AT 1821
COUNTY ROAD 3754...CENTER...TEXAS WEARING A WHITE HOODIE WITH TENAHA
TIGERS ON HER BACK. SHE HAS HER NAME TATTOOED ON HER RIGHT UPPER LEG.

SUSPECT IS DRIVING A SILVER...FORD...TAURUS.

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS BELIEVE THIS CHILD TO BE IN GRAVE OR
IMMEDIATE DANGER.

IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION REGARDING THIS ABDUCTION...CONTACT THE
SHELBY COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE AT 9 3 6 5 9 8 5 6 0 0. .

The person she got in the car with was her boyfriend and she was later "found" at her boyfriends house.

I don't know. It rubbed me the wrong way to see an amber alert on a 17 year old with a tatoo after she willingly got into a car with her boyfriend.