Comments on: Decatur Hits Tornado Siren Again http://www.decaturmetro.com/2008/03/15/decatur-hits-tornado-siren-again/ Decatur Georgia News, Events, Atlanta News Thu, 18 Sep 2014 02:06:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 By: Rachel http://www.decaturmetro.com/2008/03/15/decatur-hits-tornado-siren-again/#comment-554 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:52:23 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-554 FYI – The first time the siren went off on Saturday, I called the Decatur police station to ask them if it was a city warning and they said it was “probably” a county siren. Guess the police don’t even realize ASC has a siren!

]]> By: Lyn Menne http://www.decaturmetro.com/2008/03/15/decatur-hits-tornado-siren-again/#comment-555 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:01:02 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-555 The siren is actually operated by Agnes Scott and not the City of Decatur. In the past, we relied on a civil defense siren system operated by DeKalb County but it was dismantled in 1988. We are investigating the possibility of installing a siren system in the city. Agnes Scott activates their siren when a tornado warning is issued. There was a tornado watch issued for DeKalb on Friday night but never a warning. On Saturday, two warnings were issued and the siren was activated both times.

]]> By: Lyn Menne http://www.decaturmetro.com/2008/03/15/decatur-hits-tornado-siren-again/#comment-556 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:53:54 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-556 The siren you are referring to is owned and maintained by Agnes Scott College. It wasn’t activated on Friday evening because DeKalb was never under a tornado warning — only severe thunder storms. I was following the weather on Friday night too and the weather forecasters kept saying it was headed for Buckhead. That storm moved so fast I think it caught the forecasters by surprise. On Friday a tornado warning was issued for DeKalb and the sirens were activated. DeKalb County once maintained sirens and had one in downtown Decatur. These sirens were first installed as a civil defense warning system and were decommissioned in 1988. The City of Decatur is investigating installing several sirens throughout the city. Until then, I’m glad to have Agnes Scott’s system in place.

]]> By: thebaron http://www.decaturmetro.com/2008/03/15/decatur-hits-tornado-siren-again/#comment-558 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 03:13:21 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-558 Leoghann: Yes, there was a tornado warning issued last night for the twister that went thru downtown. The warning specifically mentioned the areas downtown that got hit as being in the path. The warning moved eastward into DeKalb county.

I use Weather Underground to notify me of severe weather via text message… I have it set up to send a message whenever a severe weather alert is issued for our area. I also have it text me warnings for my parent’s house, as well, so I know when they have bad storms, too. Tho SMS is not 100% reliable, it has been pretty consistently timely. Usually, just as I get a message from a friend saying his weather scanner went off, I have the text on my phone alerting me…

]]> By: Leoghann http://www.decaturmetro.com/2008/03/15/decatur-hits-tornado-siren-again/#comment-557 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 02:58:51 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-557 Was DeKalb County ever under a tornado warning last night? I don’t recall there being one. There was one today.

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