Times Observer file photo The City of Warren’s tornado siren, shown here, will be one of many throughout the county set off at 10 a.m. today as part of a rest of the siren system.

The Warren County Department of Public Safety will be conducting a tornado siren test this morning at 10 a.m.

“We test all of our other equipment on a regular basis,” Ken McCorrison, the county’s director of public safety, said. “These sirens aren’t set off that often. We just need to make sure that they work when we need them.”

The test will start at 10 a.m. and a “steady whistle” will be what people hear.

For much of the county, the sirens touched off for this test will be at the local fire department.

The one exception to that is in the City of Warren, where the city’s siren – an old, air raid siren – is located on top of the Flat Iron Building.

McCorrison explained that a municipality can choose whether it wants one of these all-hazard sirens.

“If we identify that there’s an issue,” he said, that information will be shared with the local agency who can present that to municipal officials.

“Part of one of the projects that we’re working on – replacing our paging system,” McCorrison said, “includes revamping the siren system.”

This test is typically conducted in conjunction with the state’s weather exercise but that event is no longer on a specific day state-wide.

“We actually already did the exercise portion with the school district,” McCorrison said. “So this is just a follow up to make sure the equipment works.”

There appears to be little chance of severe weather tomorrow that could prompt a real use of these sirens.

According to the National Weather Service, Thursday’s forecast is for sunny weather with a high near 63 degrees and calm winds in the morning.