It's the only outdoor warning system in the Valley View community of Cooke County.
The single 1950's era warning siren is activated by hand and has an estimated audible range of one mile. It did not work the night of the tornado.VALLEY VIEW, Texas — The single outdoor warning siren in Valley View, Texas did not work on the night of the devastating and
"This just shows that we have each other's back," said Valley View City Secretary Ashley McGowan who is helping organize the effort. Kupper says that on the night of the tornado they tried to do exactly that, but the system would not activate. With the storm raging, he says they issued a social media alert about the siren failure and then rushed next to reports of heavy damage more than three miles south in unincorporated areas of Cooke County.But he says that on the most recent testing date, the weather was bad that day as well.
"We're standing at the siren and the community that was hit is three miles away," Kupper said while showing WFAA the siren controls.
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