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Tornado sirens ring, City Marshal takes precautionJoe PhelpsPublished Wednesday, April 16, 2008 in the Gurdon Times As a means of taking safety precautions, Gurdon City Marshal Don Childres sounded the citys tornado siren Thursday, April 10, at 9:55 a.m. Childres, who is in charge of sounding the alarm, had been monitoring the weather when a funnel cloud with signs of rotation was headed toward southwest Clark County in the area of Gurdon, Beirne and Whelen Springs. I monitored both Channel 4 and Channel 7, Childres said. He said that meteorologists were warning people in the area to take precautions, so he blew the siren. The sirens were a tornado precaution. if i didnt blow it and it blew gurdon away, thatd be bad; and if i blew it Search | Nevada County Picayune by date | Gurdon Times by date |
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