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PLAY A PIVOTAL ROLE IN KEEPING YOU AND YOUR FAMILY SAFE. BUT THERE CAN BE SOME CONFUSION ON WHEN AND WHY THEY DO OR DON’T GO OFF. ����vlog METEOROLOGIST ZAIN SADRI JOINS US NOW TO ANSWER SOME OF THOSE KEY QUESTIONS. ZAIN. YEAH, BEN, THERE REALLY IS A LOT OF CONFUSION. WE SEE A LOT OF TIMES WITH STORM SIRENS. SO A LITTLE KNOWN FACT IS THAT SIRENS ARE ACTUALLY A WARNING SYSTEM FOR WHEN YOU’RE OUTDOORS. THEY’RE CALLED OUTDOOR WARNING SIRENS. THEY’RE DESIGNED TO ALERT PEOPLE WHO ARE OUTSIDE THAT SOMETHING DANGEROUS IS APPROACHING. SO IF YOU DON’T HEAR THEM INSIDE, YOU’RE NOT MEANT TO. IF YOU HEAR SIRENS THAT YOUR THAT’S YOUR SIGN TO HEAD INSIDE AND SEEK SHELTER. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS THAT ONCE INDOORS, THAT’S WHEN YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO CHECK LOCAL MEDIA LIKE ����vlog HERE TO SEE WHAT THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS. ALSO, SIRENS ARE NOT JUST FOR TORNADOES. CITIES AND COUNTIES. THE ONES THAT CONTROL THESE SIRENS. THEY OFTEN SOUND THEM FOR SEVERE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OR LARGE HAIL AND WIND AND HAIL, OF COURSE, CAN BE JUST AS DANGEROUS IF TORNADOES, IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE. SO IT’S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THE SPECIFIC GUIDELINES FOR SOUNDING SIRENS WILL VARY DEPENDING WHERE YOU’RE AT BY JURISDICTION, DEPENDING ON YOUR CITY, DEPENDING ON YOUR COUNTY. MANY IOWA COMMUNITIES SOUND THEIR SIRENS. IF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ISSUES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR 70 MILE PER HOUR WINDS OR GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. SO YOU SHOULD CHECK WITH YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY TO FIND OUT YOUR SPECIFIC GUIDELINES. BECAUSE WHEN LIFE THREATENING WEATHER IS APPROACHING, MINUTES MAKE A DIFFERENCE. SO IT’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT YOUR SIRENS MEAN. TH