{"id":71301,"date":"2015-04-29T19:50:28","date_gmt":"2015-04-30T00:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=71301"},"modified":"2015-04-30T21:52:59","modified_gmt":"2015-05-01T02:52:59","slug":"tornado-drill-successful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=71301","title":{"rendered":"Tornado drill successful"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Jerry-Berquist.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-69518\" alt=\"Jerry Berquist\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Jerry-Berquist-279x300.jpg\" width=\"279\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Jamestown (CSi) Stutsman County participated in the simulated state-wide tornado exercise Wednesday morning, April 29, 2015\u00a0as part of Severe Summer Weather Awareness Week.\u00a0 The exercise, which was scheduled to begin 11:15 a.m., started on time with a test tornado warning initiated by the National Weather Service.<\/p>\n<p>Stutsman County Emergency Manager, Jerry Bergquist says, part of the exercise included testing the county\u2019s emergency operations plan. \u00a0A portion of the plan consists of Law Enforcement Center dispatchers 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 However, the siren at Streeter and the siren located at Frontier Village in Jamestown malfunctioned.\u00a0 An effort is underway to get both sirens repaired and ready for use.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the National Weather Service activated its All Hazards Radio System and local radio stations and CSi cable\u00a0 tested the Emergency Alert Systems, with cable interrupt.<\/p>\n<p>Even though an official \u201cwarning\u201d was broadcast by the National Weather Service, the CodeRED Weather Warning notification system did not activate.\u00a0\u00a0 Bergquist,\u00a0 believes the CodeRED activation didn\u2019t occur because there were no specific boundaries attached to the warning.\u00a0 CodeRED is designed to warn individuals that have addresses within the warned area.\u00a0 And, for the tornado exercise, specific boundaries were not identified.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Those wanting to sign up for CodeRED can do so by going to the Stutsman County webpage at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.co.stutsman.nd.us\/\">www.co.stutsman.nd.us<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> and click on the CodeRED icon at the bottom of the page.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Choose to receive tornado, thunderstorm and\/or flash flood warnings on land-line telephones, cell-phones (including text message capable phones), VOIP phones and also via email addresses.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">CodeRED Weather Warning is a no-cost way to receive immediate weather warning information, but, you must register for the service.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For those needing assistance to register, contact Stutsman County Emergency Management at 701-252-9093.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamestown (CSi) Stutsman County participated in the simulated state-wide tornado exercise Wednesday morning, April 29, 2015\u00a0as part of Severe Summer Weather Awareness Week.\u00a0 The exercise, which was scheduled to begin 11:15 a.m., started on time with a test tornado warning initiated by the National Weather Service. 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