Annual Statewide Tornado Drill
April 8, 2021
The week of April 12, 2021, has designated as Wisconsin Tornado Awareness Week. Since 2012, the statewide drill has included an Emergency Alert System (EAS) live code test, triggered by the National Weather Service and relayed to NOAA Weather Radios and Wisconsin broadcast television and radio stations. This year, and from now on, the live code test will not be used during a test. This is the alert tones that you hear on your weather radio, radio and television just before a weather warning is issued. Municipalities are still urged to test their tornado sirens on Thursday, April 15, 202...
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