As we approach the six-month anniversary of the May 16 storm, St. Louis City’s tornado alarm system remains troubled.

Of the city's 60 tornado sirens, 21 did not sound when a cyclone struck the city on May 16. Yesterday morning, the City of St. Louis tested its tornado sirens citywide. Those tests showed improvements ...

Q: The tornado sirens once again wailed recently, warning the city when the threat was actually to the south of Mankato and moving east. There is nothing wrong with being overly cautious about severe ...

Some Boone County residents have threatened legal action if a tornado siren is installed near their homes. Residents argue the siren's noise level would be excessive and disruptive. County officials ...

In a letter printed on July 16, Joshua Marks suggests the need for a tornado siren in Mount Airy (“Mount Airy needs a warning siren“). There are a couple of problems with this suggestion. A tornado ...

The city of St Louis placed its emergency management chief on leave after the staffer failed to activate the tornado sirens before a deadly twister tore through the Midwestern metropolis, according to ...

JANESVILLE — Rock County Emergency Management is exploring updating its emergency weather sirens to sound them only in the close vicinity of where a weather emergency is imminent. Currently, the ...

SPRINGFIELD, MO – Sunday’s storms marked one of the rare instances when outdoor warning sirens sounded in some areas even though there wasn’t a tornado warning in effect. At least two towns in Greene ...

NOLAN COUNTY, Texas — The Nolan County Sheriff's Office and the Sweetwater Fire Department have partnered to bring major improvements to the tornado siren activation system. "The need arose because ...

Boone County, Missouri, has implemented a new targeted tornado siren system. The new system uses National Weather Service warning zones to activate only sirens in affected areas. This change aims to ...