DUBLIN, Ohio — Dublin officials are investigating an equipment malfunction that led to a tornado siren sounding the alarm hours before its scheduled test time on Wednesday.
The siren, referred to as the Dublin Emergency Warning System, typically sets off an alarm at noon each Wednesday as part of a citywide test.
Instead, residents were alerted to the sound around 9:35 a.m. from a siren located near Frantz and Tuttle roads. A spokesperson with the City of Dublin confirmed an equipment malfunction caused the alarm to sound, and that there is no threat to the community.
The city’s engineering team is investigating the cause of the malfunction, the spokesperson said, adding the system still occurred at its regular time at noon on Wednesday.
