Sedgwick County Emergency Management tests the tornado sirens every Monday at noon — unless it’s cloudy.
“We don’t want someone, when they hear the siren test on Monday at noon, to look up at the sky and think ‘Oh, my gosh, this could really be a tornado,’” Director Randy Duncan said. “That’s why we confine our testing solely to clear days, so there’s not an easy way to mistake a test for an actual warning.”
What that means, however, is that if the sirens sound on a cloudy day — morning, noon or afternoon — that a tornado warning has been issued.
“Theoretically, it could happen any time of the day or any time of the year,” Duncan said.