Tornado sirens are a critical part of Oklahoma’s severe weather warning system, designed to alert residents when dangerous storms are nearby. The concept dates back to World War II and the Cold War, ...

Joplin city officials have changed the city’s outdoor warning siren activation policy as the result of an unwarned EF1 ...

A tornado siren sits on Walnut Street between 40th and 41st Streets as clouds roll across Kansas City hours after thunderstorms pushed through the Metro on April 27, 2026. The Kansas City metro has ...

Have you ever heard tornado sirens go off in Milwaukee County and wondered why your phone never made a sound? Turns out, while sirens and weather alerts are triggered by the same warning, they're two ...

Tornado sirens sounded multiple times Tuesday night as severe storms swept the Elgin area, but with no tornado warnings in place, many residents were left questioning once again. At 9:15 p.m., Elgin ...

Sirens sounded in multiple Chicago suburbs during Thursday's storms, in some cases multiple times, despite no tornado warnings listed in that area. So why did they go off and was it intentional? While ...

Statewide tornado drills will take place across Minnesota on Thursday. The outdoor warning sirens will sound at 1:45 p.m. and 6:45 p.m. The drills are part of Severe Weather Awareness week and are ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A Jackson County legislator is calling for changes to the metro’s tornado warning system after sirens blared across downtown Thursday night for storms that threatened parts ...

How do storm sirens work in Oklahoma? News 9 Meteorologist Megan Gold shares how the state’s largest city and some small Oklahoma towns operate storm sirens. Tornado sirens are a critical part of ...