Sirens are tested on the first Tuesday of each month at 10 a.m. in Illinois. The state uses a single alert siren to signify an emergency alert, such as a severe storm or tornado warning.

A destructive tornado has ravaged Lake City, Arkansas, prompting a state of emergency. The storm, which displayed a hook echo radar signature, threatens the mid-south and lower Ohio valley with ...

PDS tornado warnings are uncommon. Tornado warning text that carries with it a "tornado emergency" is the rarest and is reserved for the most dire situations. This is only issued "when there is a ...

Most of central Illinois is under an Enhanced Risk of severe weather for Sunday, according to the Storm Prediction Center.

MUNCIE, Ind. — A storm system that roared through Delaware County on Wednesday night included a tornado, emergency management officials said Saturday. The tornado, which formed shortly before ...

A deadly tornado swept through the South and Midwest, killing one person and causing widespread damage across Arkansas, Missouri, and Illinois ... declared a state of emergency in Arkansas ...

The National Weather Service issued a tornado emergency, the highest warning possible, as a "large and destructive tornado” hit Lake City, Arkansas, and surrounding areas in the northeastern ...

The National Weather Service office in Paducah has issued a number of warnings over the past five weeks — the most recorded ...