Shawnee Co. tornado sirens suffer software issue, causing them to continue to sound

TOPEKA (KSNT) - In Tuesday's severe storms, the Shawnee County tornado sirens sounded longer than expected. Officials say there was a software issue.

Shawnee County sounded its tornado sirens the afternoon of April 30 after a tornado warning was issued for Shawnee County. Shawnee County Emergency Manager Dusty Nichols told 27 News the sirens wouldn't turn off once the warning had passed.

According to Nichols, a software issue caused the sirens to continuously sound. A crew...