Maury County Installs 1st Tornado Sirens More Than 1 Year After Columbia Tornado

Maury County Installs 1st Tornado Sirens More Than 1 Year After Columbia Tornado

Dispersed rural population poses logistical challenges; Sirens will warn people outside parks, schools. Image Credit: Canva By: Cassandra Stephenson [Tennessee Lookout -CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] – Maury County is installing its first tornado sirens following public demand after an EF-3 tornado destroyed multiple homes and killed one person in the city of Columbia in May 2024. The mostly rural Middle Tennessee county broke ground on its first tornado sire…