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All Hazard Alert Broadcast System warning sirens will sound this day in communities along the North Olympic Peninsula coast. Sirens will probably sound at three sites in Port Townsend and in LaPush, Neah Bay, Clallam Bay, Lower Elwha, west Port Angeles, Dungeness and Diamond Point.

The sirens are proposed to be heard by people near the siren that are outside or on the beach. They are not intended for those indoors, but they may hear them as well. In an actual emergency, people should check for messages from the Emergency Broadcast System on their radios or televisions if possible.

The sirens will be pursued by a voice message declaring that the alarm was only a test. These sound tests are run to verify the system’s capabilities to send timely warning notification to the state’s coastal communities. The Jefferson County Department of Emergency Management urges citizens to purchase a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration weather radio for use in emergencies.
The department will program the radio for free.