Pottawattamie County, Iowa – Officials in Pottawattamie County have announced the postponement of normal outdoor warning siren testing conducted on the first Saturday of each month. The postponement means there will be no siren testing in any community in Pottawattamie County on Saturday, May 4th.

The call to suspend the alert was made with consideration of the frequent use due to recent weather activity, the operation of the first Multi-Agency Resource Center (MARC) this weekend, and other ongoing work in areas impacted by the tornadoes of April 26th.

Testing will be suspended until the third Saturday of the month, on May 18th. The regularly scheduled testing will resume in June. Outdoor warning sirens are tested the first Saturday of each month (a three-minute sounding) and a battery backup test each third Saturday of the month (a one-minute sounding).

For updated and ongoing information regarding the April tornado events, visit pcema-ia.org.