Where do you go for information when the weather turns severe?

When the skies turn black and clouds start to rotate, the National Weather Service can activate the Emergency Alert System setting off tones over radio stations and sirens that can be heard all around the Cheyenne area.

On the first Friday of each month at noon, the EAS sirens are tested. When they go off on Friday, August 7, it's a good time to make sure you're able to hear them in case of a real emergency. Also each week, you've probably heard us testing the EAS system on the air. During an actual emergency, those annoying alert tones are followed by official information with details on how to keep you safe.

Most of the Emergency Alerts are warning of possible severe weather in the area. Lots of our thunderstorms can contain large hail, strong winds and plenty of dangerous lightning. Last weekend marked the 30th anniversary of the Cheyenne flood which occurred August 1, 1985.

We were remembering some of the events from that night three decades ago when 12 people were killed by the flood in Cheyenne. We were also discussing the tornado that swept through the Capitol City in 1979. We realized that we've survived two major weather disasters. Did you live in Cheyenne during either of these events?

When you hear the sirens go off or the emergency alerts over the air, just remember that these tools could help save a life some day.

 

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