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Don't be alarmed if you hear tornado sirens sounding around Des Moines on Saturday, it's only a test. Here's what to know about how tornado sirens work in the metro. When are tornado sirens tested ...
Tornado sirens sounded in Minnesota and Wisconsin at 1:45 pm on Thursday as part of a drill for Severe Weather Awareness Week. It will sound again at 6:45 pm. Tornado sirens sounded in Minnesota ...
The Senatobia Fire Department provided audio that was recorded on April 4 during testing of the City’s tornado sirens. The sirens had failed to work on the morning of April 3, when an EF-3 ...
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - This year, we’ve had 55 tornadoes in Missouri. And, more than twice that many warnings. So, we’re getting familiar with the sound of the warning sirens. Our viewer ...
Washington County installed a tornado siren earlier in the year as a donation from the City of Potosi after upgrading their sirens. “Once we got them taken down and put up in a new location ...
Meanwhile, town leaders have been trying to find out why all the tornado sirens did not work during the severe storms Wednesday. There are six air-raid sirens around town in Highland — and when ...
By Sara Ruberg Amanda Holpuch and Jamie McGee The repeated tornado warnings across Nashville on Thursday caused some of the sirens to run out of battery and stop making noise, the Nashville Fire ...
Tornado alert terminology explained by the National Weather Service. Sirens are tested on the first Tuesday of each month at 10 a.m. in Illinois. The state uses a single alert siren to signify an ...
Fire Chief Revis Kemper said the sirens are for warning those outdoors, and everyone should have another way to receive tornado warnings. “Three of the six will work if you are outside.
THEY TEST THE SIRENS IN BOONE A statewide test of outdoor tornado warning sirens will happen at 10 a.m. on Wednesday. This week is Severe Weather Awareness Week and the drill is an opportunity to ...