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San Marcos upgrades outdoor siren system to auto-activate on NWS warnings; staff urges outreach as coverage gaps remain
Summary
San Marcos officials said they repaired an aging 14-tower siren network and upgraded it to auto-activate when the National Weather Service issues tornado or flash-flood warnings for Hays County.
Reese Martin, assistant emergency management coordinator, told the Neighborhood Commission the city—s outdoor warning siren system consists of 14 towers installed in 2011–2013 with hazard-mitigation grant funds for disaster 1780. He said many towers had fallen into disrepair and were repaired after he was hired in 2020.
Martin described four siren patterns the system can produce: a tornado pattern (repeated steady high tone cycles for 2–3 minutes), a wildland-fire pattern (15-second steady highs separated by lulls,…
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