Tornado alert terminology explained by the National Weather Service. Sirens are tested on the first ... is shifted from blue to a perceived red, yellow and orange as the sun sets in the sky.

Q: The tornado sirens once again wailed recently ... And local emergency managers and law enforcement can use a related Code Red system to draw a boundary on a computerized map and immediately ...

A new, automated tornado siren system is now live in DuPage County ... text or email from [its] mass notification system “Code Red.” In a separate statement to NBC 5, a spokesperson for ...

The emergency signals are designed only for people outdoors and Illinois residents should use their phone or a national ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — As the spring season arrives, so does severe weather, leading to statewide tests of tornado sirens Wednesday ... their website called Code Red that can send emergency ...

If you hear tornado sirens this morning ... the Indiana Broadcasters Association, the American Red Cross, and Amateur Radio Operators will conduct a statewide test of communication systems ...

The answer is that it depends on where one is — the policy and plan are different in Chicago than they are in Naperville, for example.

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 ...