Outdoor warning sirens: What do they mean?
Brenda Tomlinson
Wabasha County
Emergency Management Director
Outdoor Warning Sirens are pretty common in Minnesota, but what do the different sounds mean and why do they sound at different times?
Many, but not all, communities have the siren sound at noon. Some also sound it at 6 p.m. It’s just one single cycle of the siren. There are some town’s that use it to announce when there is a fire in their community. That sound is the slow high/low sound and it will go on for a while.
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