The Nashville Office of Emergency Management’s Outdoor Tornado Warning Siren System will have upgrades to the radio technology used to communicate across the system.
This will require growl testing of every Outdoor Tornado Warning Siren System Site over the next few weeks between 8:00 am and 6:00 pm Monday – Friday. The testing will begin on Monday May 1st.
The growl test is a brief sounding of the siren to make sure it sounds when activated. This upgrade project will also include preventative maintenance at every site as needed.
The new Outdoor Tornado Warning System will operate on a Polygonal Alert model. This model will provide warnings to a focused polygonal alert area based on information coming directly from the National Weather Service.
The upgrade to the Outdoor Tornado Warning System included updating technology on 93 existing tornado sirens across Davidson County. OEM also added 20 new siren sites to expand the coverage footprint into more rural areas of Davidson County, bringing the total to 113 sirens.
The monthly test of the Outdoor Tornado Warning Siren System scheduled for May 6th will happen as scheduled.
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