PSA: Tornado Sirens Will Sound at 10 AM Tomorrow (3/7)

Submitted by SGF_Throwaway_417 t3_11kgmup in springfieldMO

This is for Missouri NWS's Severe Weather Preparedness Week, which happens annually in March. The Statewide Tornado Drill always falls on a Tuesday during Severe Weather week, which is different from the usual tests that happen on the second Wednesday of every month.

Weather radio owners: The NWS won't be sending a Tornado Warning tone through to your weather radios this year, only a Required Weekly Test tone. Be sure to disable the alarm for that alert, if it hasn't already been disabled by default.

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Saltpork545 t1_jb7zyd8 wrote

Thank you for the reminder. We're supposed to have rain and cold temps tomorrow, so some people might actually think we have a tornado since the past couple of days have been much more like spring.

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SGF_Throwaway_417 OP t1_jb89u6z wrote

Hopefully this will nip the "Tornado sirens?!?!" posts in the bud for tomorrow ;)

But you never know until 10 am whether they'll blow them or not on a cloudy day. If they deem it isn't a "good-weather day," the drill will be cancelled for the area. I imagine they reserve those cancellations for days where a severe weather threat is more likely, but there isn't really a guideline to determine what is a "good-weather day" or not.

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Condom-Ad-Don-Draper t1_jb9mgjl wrote

If you don’t know this and live in Springfield I have questions 😅

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AtomicTacoSauce t1_jb9tjn2 wrote

I actually get nervous when I DON’T hear it those Wednesdays!

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N7Manofkent t1_jba3her wrote

If you have Twitter follow gcoem and they announce if they are not sounding

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[deleted] t1_jba5yme wrote

I mean, I was confused. It’s not Wednesday. But figured it was some sort of test.

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