Naperville’s warning sirens were not activated before or during the tornado Saturday morning, and city officials are investigating why.
Emergency warning sirens like this one on 95th Street in Naperville were silent on the morning of Saturday, July 23, 2022, when an EF-0 tornado moved 4.5 miles through Naperville's southeast side. City officials are investigating why the siren did not sound.
Naperville’s Emergency Management Agency says the city’s sirens should have sounded at that time. But the sirens did not activate, which is why city staff is investigating the cause with extreme urgency. Saturday’s tornado with winds peaking near 85 mph began at 5:40 a.m. within the city limits of Aurora in DuPage County on the northwest side of the White Eagle Golf Club where storm assessors found a dozen golf carts damaged, several trees snapped, and tree limbs downed.
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