Indiana has scheduled a test of its statewide emergency alert system for tornadoes on Tuesday, March 10. Here's what to expect.

Thousands of people were given minutes to seek shelter on Wednesday afternoon after a tornado warning was issued.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- An ABC13 Weather Alert Day is in effect on Wednesday as strong-to-severe thunderstorms roll through southeast Texas. A Tornado Watch was issued for several parts of southeast Texas, including Harris, Fort Bend, and Galveston counties, and it was canceled before 5 p.m.

The University of Missouri is prepared to use its alert system on Tuesday, as strong storms could move into the area. Parts of Mid-Missouri were under a tornado watch on Tuesday evening, stretching from Sedalia to Paris.

The sirens blared statewide on Tuesday morning as severe weather was expected to occur late in the day.

Ashland is opting into the Cass County emergency alert system after concerns that warning sirens didn't go off during a tornado last summer.

For many Mississippi residents, the first sign of a tornado warning today comes from a smartphone. Wireless emergency alerts, weather apps and social media often notify people about dangerous storms before an outdoor siren ever sounds. But tornado sirens ...

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Several damaging tornadoes and grapefruit-size hail struck Illinois and Indiana late Tuesday amid a widespread severe-weather outbreak across the central United States.