Tornado Siren Testing Suspended Saturday for Communities in Pottawattamie County
Posted by: Public Relations
Pottawattamie County, Iowa – Officials in Pottawattamie County have announced the postponement of normal outdoor warning siren testing conducted on the first Saturday of each month. The postponement means there will be no siren testing in any community in Pottawattamie County on Saturday, May 4th.
The call to suspend the alert was made with consideration of the frequent use due to recent weather activity, the operation of the first Multi-Agency Resource Center (MARC) this weekend, and other ongoing work in areas impacted by the tornadoes of April 26th.
Testing will be suspended until the third Saturday of the month, on May 18th. The regularly scheduled testing will resume in June. Outdoor warning sirens are tested the first Saturday of each month (a three-minute sounding) and a battery backup test each third Saturday of the month (a one-minute sounding).
For updated and ongoing information regarding the April tornado events, visit pcema-ia.org.
About Pottawattamie County Emergency Management: Emergency management protects communities by coordinating and integrating all activities necessary to build, sustain, and improve the capability to mitigate against, prepare for, respond to, and recover from threatened or actual natural disasters, acts of terrorism, or other man-made disasters. For more information, visit pcema-ia-org.
