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What happens in CoMo when the twisters come
Category: Government & Organizations
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Publish Date: 2013-11-22 11:00:00
Description: In t his week's CoMo Explained we breakdown tornado prediction, the siren system and explain how 'Tornado Alley' works. They're quiet unobtrusive until they're not: tornado sirens . About 80 of them dot Boone County with the majority of them in a few mile radius of downtown. This week we wondered--how do those sirens get turned on? When it comes to the physical switch, the answer is easy: Columbia/Boone County Joint Communications handles that. Joint Communications is located right above the downtown police station on Walnut. They're the folks that handle 911 calls and dispatch emergency vehicles. Tornado sirens are are connected to a radio network that allows Join Communications to wirelessly control all Boone County sirens at once. There's more than one way to decide when and how to flip the switch. A lot of storm and weather is monitored by the National Weather Service (NWS) , a federal agency. These guys are keeping an eye on the radar to see if storms could be creating tornadoes.
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