Join Minnesota in its statewide tornado drill on April 10th at 1:45 PM and 6:45 PM. This important event during Severe ...

April 7-11 is Severe Weather Awareness Week in both Minnesota and Wisconsin and as such drills will be conducted in both ...

Some residents believe officials waited too long to turn on the county's tornado sirens during Sunday's severe weather.

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 ...

The Des Moines metro area uses sirens to warn of more than just tornadoes. The outdoor siren system is triggered when a tornado warning is issued by the National Weather Service. When wind speeds ...

The state uses a single alert siren to signify an emergency alert, such as a severe storm or tornado warning. An audio sample of this siren is available on the Illinois Emergency Management Agency ...