Timer with interval alert

I have a jquery timer on my page that counts down from 10 to 0. At 5 seconds I want to show a warning message then at 0 seconds I want to show another message. I have used the code below which will do the count down in the form field as well as give the alerts, however the countdown stops when the alerts show: ``` $(function(){ var count = 10; countdown = setInterval(function(){ $("#Exam_Timer").val(count + " seconds remaining!"); if (count == 5) { alert('Only 5 Seconds Left'); } if (count == 0) { alert('Times Up') } count--; }, 1000); }); ``` Can someone let me know how I would restructure this so that the alerts do no stop the countdown? I tried putting the alert into a separate function but that did not help. I have created a Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/CQu7T/