Sedgwick County Emergency Management will test the attack mode function of its 70-year-old Thunderbolt siren system on Monday. The attack mode function was last tested in 2015.

On April 22, 1952, the first-ever air raid siren test sounded in Wichita. Some of the oldest Thunderbolt sirens in the United States were still in use across Sedgwick County up until late last year.

News 12's Cecilia Hua is in Thunderbolt 12 bringing you what to expect for the cold weather and where to seek resources.

That's because the Caledonia fire siren, a 1962 1003 air raid siren, Thunderbolt, was actually a civil defense siren. Last February, CFD retired the 50 year old siren and installed a new ...

CHATHAM COUNTY, Ga. (WTOC) - CEMA is investigating a malfunctioning siren near Thunderbolt. No immediate danger has been identified by CEMA. This is a developing story. WTOC will provide updates as ...

Wichita has the four oldest Thunderbolt sirens in the United States, installed in 1952 after then-President Harry Truman signed the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950. “Their original intent was ...

Others, like the huge Thunderbolt sirens at Vander and Gray’s Creek can be heard a mile away. Properly covering an area the size of Fayetteville, much less Cumberland County, would be expensive.

On Saturday, March 4, at Station 32 in Park City, 7750 N. Wyandotte Wy, a ribbon cutting was held for the oldest siren. Sirens are just one way to receive a tornado warning.

News 12's Cecilia Hua is in Thunderbolt 12 bringing you what to expect for the cold weather and where to seek resources.

News 12's Cecilia Hua is in Thunderbolt 12 bringing you what to expect for the cold weather and where to seek resources.

News 12's Cecilia Hua is in Thunderbolt 12 bringing you what to expect for the cold weather and where to seek resources.