A tornado watch means there are favorable conditions for a tornado, so people should keep a close eye on the developing ...

The Shawnee County Emergency Management (SNCO EM) gave an update to its Outdoor Warning System (OWS) policy, which includes a ...

Why did the tornado sirens go off in all corners of Shawnee County Wednesday afternoon? Around 4:45 p.m. on April 23, Shawnee ...

Don't be alarmed if you hear tornado ... a warning, sirens will sound for 3-5 minutes and cycle on and off about every 10 minutes until the threat passes. There is not an "all clear" sound in ...

The new policy now allows the county to turn on the tornado sirens in the specific area of the county the tornado warning is ...

It has been one week since an EF-3 tornado ravaged parts ... and he heard the noon siren test. “The alarm is deep. Matter of fact, you can hear that alarm all the way to Coldwater,” Smith ...

The National Weather Service believes an EF-1 tornado blasted a barn on Hickory Ridge in Mount Eden as severe storms hit Spencer County on Sunday. "All the sirens were activated and running prior ...

A lightning strike knocked out a tornado ... all been a team effort,” Dockery said. “You know, small communities pull together during disasters.” The county performs weekly tests on the ...

Sirens in the county are segmented so that not all of them have to be sounded at the same time if the danger doesn't include the entire county. "The way that our tornado siren system is set up is ...

That polygon, highlighting the tornado warning area, is then sent to county emergency teams. These counties all have similar policies, activating outdoor warning sirens when the NWS issues tornado ...

told 27 News the tornado sirens went off in all of Shawnee County because the county was unclear of the exact area that was in the tornado warning. They reduced the sirens to the area impacted ...