Sedgwick county explains why tornado sirens sounded with no warning in effect
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – The Sedgwick County Emergency Manager shared new data Friday morning about why tornado sirens sounded in Sedgwick County regardless of no warning being in effect.
The Emergency Manager initially mentioned a malfunction brought on sirens to sound in Sedgwick County throughout a tornado warning for Sumner County, however later clarified that was not the case.
The Sumner County warning prompted officers there to activate a siren zone in Sedgwick County to inform the Kansas Star Casino and the City of Mulvane, which straddles the county line.
According to the Emergency Manager, the contractor has now created a separate siren zone for Mulvane and the Kansas Star Casino to stop comparable incidents in the longer term.
ORIGINAL STORY: A tornado siren malfunction created confusion early Friday for folks in the Wichita metro. As Storm Team 12 tracked a Tornado Warning in Sumner County round midnight, tornado sirens started sounding throughout Wichita regardless of no energetic warnings for the City or Sedgwick county.
According to Sedgwick County dispatchers, the storm in Sumner County brought on the tornado sirens to activate on the Kansas Star Casino. This brought on a sequence response triggering sirens in Derby and Wichita, dispatch mentioned.
Sedgwick County Emergency Management is trying into what brought on the malfunction.
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