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Jamestown\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 Stutsman County participated in the simulated statewide tornado exercise Wednesday morning, April 26, 2017, as part of Severe Summer Weather Awareness Week.\u00a0 The exercise began at 11:18 a.m. with a test tornado warning initiated by the National Weather Service.<\/p>\n
As part of the exercise, the county\u2019s emergency operations plan was tested, which includes activating siren systems for several communities in the County.\u00a0 The sirens in Medina, Buchanan, and Cleveland proved to be operational and ready for the summer weather season.\u00a0 The siren in Streeter failed to activate.\u00a0<\/strong> Local Streeter officials will see that repairs are made.\u00a0 Jamestown sirens were also tested; however, the siren located at Lifestyle Appliance in the SW part of town malfunctioned.\u00a0<\/strong> An effort is underway to get the siren repaired and ready for summer use.<\/p>\n In addition, the National Weather Service activated its All Hazards Radio System, which allowed local radio stations and cable TV providers to test their Emergency Alert Systems.<\/p>\n The CodeRED Weather Warning system that Stutsman County subscribes to was not part of the exercise.\u00a0 CodeRED is designed to warn individuals that have addresses located within a warned area.\u00a0 Since the \u201csimulated\u201d tornado warning did not identify specific warned boundaries, the system did not activate.\u00a0 CodeRED Weather Warning activates for actual weather warnings where the warning boundaries are identified.<\/p>\n