Jackson to test siren beginning on Fourth
Saturday, July 2, 2005
A loud siren, which is being tested by the city for the first time as a severe weather warning system, will sound at noon on the Fourth of July. The siren will be tested a noon on the first Monday of every month. When not being tested, the siren will sound only when a tornado warning has been issued for the county.
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