Emergency Warning System Emergency Warning System Open a new browser and look at real-time local weather from Boyd Hall, Miami University. The City tests its emergency warning system on the first Wednesday of each month at noon for three minutes. T he City maintains an emergency warning system. The warning sirens are located at the Municipal Building, Martin Dining Hall on the Miami University campus, Sandra Drive, Country Club Drive, McKee Avenue and Brookville Road. When the National Weather Service declares a tornado warning or a tornado is sighted near the City, the sirens will be activated for three minutes every fifteen minutes.
Tornadoes typically travel from the southwest to the northeast.
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