Accidental Shawnee County Siren Activation Due to Training Exercise Sunday
December 23, 2019 3:53AM CST

The tornado sirens in Shawnee County were accidentally sounded just before noon on Sunday.
According to Communications Director Melanie Bergers, this was due to a training scenario being conducted in the Emergency Communications Center.
Bergers said a full review of the training process is being done so that it doesn’t happen in the future.