When do Vanderbilt tornado sirens sound? It may not be when you think
Posted 3/9/2010
In order to better protect the Vanderbilt community, Vanderbilt University has contracted with a commercial weather monitoring company to warn us about any severe weather that approaches the Vanderbilt campus.
If a tornado is detected and is within 15 minutes of reaching campus, the Vanderbilt Police dispatcher activates the Vanderbilt Severe Weather Warning System.
Click here to listen to a sound sample of the Vanderbilt electronic sirens.
If there is a National Weather Service tornado warning for any part of Davidson County, the county sirens are activated. The Nashville sirens that are closest to the Vanderbilt campus are located in Fannie Mae Dee Park and Centennial Park. These sirens may be heard on the Vanderbilt campus while the tornado is not on a path for the campus.
For a complete listing of all of the Metro sirens and to hear how they sound, go to http://www.nashville.gov/oem/siren/siren.asp.
If you hear the sirens, overhead announcements in the Medical Center, or receive AlertVU notices, warn others of the severe weather conditions, and follow procedures listed in the Tornado Emergency Guide.
Additional information is available at the following link: http://emergency.vanderbilt.edu/plans/weather_warningsystem.htm
Contact: Johnny Vanderpool, (615) 343-4804
johnny.vanderpool@vanderbilt.edu
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