That’s because they do the sirens at the county level. For some reason when there’s a tornado in the county or even rotation in the county the sirens in the whole county will go off. Some of the counties in Oklahoma have a weird shape and so you end up with some tiny jutting out part of the county being where the storm is and then the sirens going off miles and miles away.
Ours are definitely localized around town, they just go off at the drop of a hat. People treat it more as “this is your sign to see if you need to take shelter” instead of “take shelter.”
That’s because they do the sirens at the county level. For some reason when there’s a tornado in the county or even rotation in the county the sirens in the whole county will go off. Some of the counties in Oklahoma have a weird shape and so you end up with some tiny jutting out part of the county being where the storm is and then the sirens going off miles and miles away.
Ours are definitely localized around town, they just go off at the drop of a hat. People treat it more as “this is your sign to see if you need to take shelter” instead of “take shelter.”