Residents ask why tornado sirens did not alert them
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL) With severe weather making its way through north Georgia for a second day, the Douglas County Government released a statement on the county’s emergency sirens.
The county had received inquiries from a number of residents near Kings Highway this week after many were unable to hear sirens before a tornado touched down in the area Monday.
Douglas County Emergency Management Agency was contacted by the National Weather Service around 10:14 a.m. Monday regarding a tornado that may have touched down near Bill Arp-Kings Highway. There had been no tornado warning issued at that time, though the county’s E-911 dispatchers had received reports of downed trees in the area.