{"id":143857,"date":"2018-05-02T09:00:21","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T14:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=143857"},"modified":"2018-05-02T12:02:04","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T17:02:04","slug":"sirens-to-be-test-wed-modified-tornado-drill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=143857","title":{"rendered":"Sirens test 11:15am Wed May 2 Jamestown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2271\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2271\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2271\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Jerry81412a-300x202.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Jerry81412a-300x202.png 300w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Jerry81412a-259x175.png 259w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Jerry81412a.png 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2271\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stutsman Emergency Manager Jerry Bergquist<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Jamestown\u00a0 (CSi) The week of April 30<sup>th<\/sup> has been designated, \u201cSevere Summer Weather Awareness Week,\u201d for the entire state of North Dakota.\u00a0 This annual event is intended to remind the public of the dangers associated with severe summer weather including:\u00a0 lightning, high winds, large hail, flash floods and tornadoes. All of which, can cause severe property damage, personal injury, and even death.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Monday&#8217;s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Stutsman County, Emergency Manager, Jerry Bergquiest said in the past, as part of the awareness week activities, a statewide tornado exercise was initiated by the National Weather Service.\u00a0 However, due to changes in warning technology, the statewide test can no longer be conducted.\u00a0 But, because of the importance of the test, Stutsman County will conduct a modified exercise that will begin at about <strong>11:15 a.m. Wednesday, May 2nd.<\/strong> The sirens will operate for about 3 minutes at approximately 11:15 a.m. The exercise will simulate what occurs locally when a tornado warning is issued by the National Weather Service.<\/p>\n<p>The Regular first Wednesday of the month CSi Cable interrupt test from the LEC dispatch will be conducted independently \u00a0on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Barnes County Emergency Manager Sue Lloyd says there will be one North Dakota statewide \u201ctest\u201d tornado warning on Wednesday, May 2nd, around 11:00 am Central Daylight Time.<\/p>\n<p>Bergquist sayd, in essence, the modified tornado exercise will be testing internal notification procedures county-wide along with siren activation capabilities.\u00a0 Sirens will be activated in many area communities including the City of Jamestown.\u00a0 In most communities, sirens will be activated for approximately 3 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Because the National Weather Service will not be involved with the exercise, the simulated warning will <u>not<\/u> be broadcast through the National Weather Service all-hazards weather radio system.\u00a0 Also, the Emergency Alert System (EAS) for local AM\/FM radio stations and cable television providers will <u>not<\/u> be activated. Stutsman County\u2019s CodeRED notification system will also <u>not<\/u> be activated for this test.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The most common reason a community=s warning sirens are activated is to warn the public of a possible tornado.\u00a0 However, sirens could also be activated to alert the public of other types of events that could be a danger to the community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamestown\u00a0 (CSi) The week of April 30th has been designated, \u201cSevere Summer Weather Awareness Week,\u201d for the entire state of North Dakota.\u00a0 This annual event is intended to remind the public of the dangers associated with severe summer weather including:\u00a0 lightning, high winds, large hail, flash floods and tornadoes. 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