First installed in the 1950s, they were developed for Cold War air raid warnings, but in the 1970s, the sirens transitioned to outdoor warning alerts.

Tornado siren tests will go on as planned in various Greater Cincinnati counties Wednesday after the region saw severe weather yesterday. Flash floods caused road closures in some Cincinnati ...

Ionia County's tornado sirens were accidentally activated during clean-up efforts after a pipe burst at the dispatch center.

Twice this week, tornado sirens incorrectly went off in Winnebago County. The first false alarm was on Saturday, and the ...

Even city-wide tornado sirens are fallible — tornadoes have ... There are many receiver options, however, ranging from handheld portable units which just pick up Weather Radio broadcasts ...

But the tornado sirens in Valley View — where seven people were killed and more than 100 injured — were not working in the small town Saturday night. Categorized as a high EF-2 by the National ...