Why does Minnesota test tornado sirens on the first Wednesday of the month?
The local custom recently startled a New York-based cable news anchor on live television. April 30, 2021 8:20am Related coverage
The wail of sirens in the distance means one thing to most Minnesotans: It must be Wednesday.
Testing tornado sirens at 1 p.m. on the first Wednesday of the month is a local tradition. But reader Andrew Engen wanted to know the origins of this cacophonous custom, which recently startled a New York-based cable news anchor on live television.
File photo A siren installed atop a fire department building in Southeast Minneapolis is tested in January 1952.
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