At 11:39 p.m. Monday, the National Weather Service in Wilmington issued a tornado warning for the small coastal community of Shallotte, North Carolina. But the storm was already at the doorstep. At least three people were killed and 10 injured when a tornado touched down in Brunswick County at the same time a warning was…
NBC 5 apologizes for not interrupting Cowboys coverage for tornado warning
NBC Channel 5 news station apologized Monday for not interrupting coverage of the Dallas Cowboys game with a tornado warning Sunday night. An EF-3 tornado hit Dallas on Sunday evening and caused substantial damage at about 9:15 p.m. NBC 5 was broadcasting the Dallas Cowboys game and did not interrupt programming when a tornado warning…
Metro Is Reviewing the Tornado Warning Sirens Nashvillians Have Learned to Ignore
Around 4 p.m. on Nov. 18, warning sirens were wailing all across Davidson County, sounding the alarm about the threat of tornadoes. The only problem was, there wasn’t a threat of tornadoes in Davidson County. In fact, the tornado was some 15 miles to the east and moving away from Nashville. With the sirens still…
Dozens call dispatch asking what to do in tornado warning
BROWN COUNTY (WLUK) — If a tornado siren goes off, do you know what to do? Despite a lot of reminders, when the sirens went off early Sunday morning in Brown and Outagamie counties, some people called dispatch not knowing where to go. Dispatch “Brown County 911 what’s your emergency?” Caller: “I don’t have an…
Storms with tornadoes rake S.W. Iowa
UPDATE, 7:40 P.M.: Thunderstorms packing significant amounts of rainfall are peppering the Des Moines metro, but the National Weather Service has canceled the tornado watch throughout the state. UPDATE, 5:50 P.M.: A confirmed tornado was moving through the Union County seat of Creston just before 6 p.m., according to the National Weather Service. A trained…