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(CSi)\u00a0 Stutsman County conducted a simulated county-wide tornado exercise Wednesday morning, May 2 as part of Severe Summer Weather Awareness Week.\u00a0 The exercise began at 11:15 a.m. simulating what occurs locally when a tornado warning is issued by the National Weather Service.<\/p>\n
Stutsman County Emergency Manager, and 9-1-1 Coordinator, Jerry Bergquist says,the goal of the exercise was to test the Communications Center\u2019s internal notification procedures county-wide including the testing of area community siren systems.<\/p>\n
He says, the siren systems for Jamestown, Buchanan, Cleveland, Medina and Streeter were tested, all of which proved to be operational and ready for the summer weather season.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Because the National Weather Service did not participate in the exercise, the simulated warning was not<\/u> 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 was not<\/u> activated. (The LEC in Jamestown did conduct the monthly first Wednesday of the month test of the CSi Cable interrupt system on Wednesday morning.)\u00a0<\/strong> \u00a0Stutsman County\u2019s CodeRED notification system was also not<\/u> activated for this test.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n