Spring 25 OP Newsletter

The Orland Park Police Department currently has sixteen outdoor weather warning sirens placed throughout the Village. As a reminder, outdoor weather sirens are to alert people who are outside for impending severe weather and not intended for those already indoors. Those individuals, who may not hear the audible warning while inside, should monitor radio, television and/or weather apps for the most-up-to-date information on the path of any severe weather. As an important reminder, the Orland Park Police Department does not sound an “all-clear” by activating the outdoor weather warning sirens after the passing of a severe storm. Upon the issuance of a TORNADO WARNING or during a severe weather incident, the Emergency Warning Siren System should be activated in the event of one of the following: • A CONFIRMED sighting of a tornado or funnel cloud aloft by a trained weather spotter within five miles of the Village. - This five-mile perimeter should be extended geographically around the perimeter of the Village from the farthest northern, southern, eastern and western borders at a minimum. - Towns within this five-mile perimeter include Oak Lawn, Hickory Hills, Chicago Ridge, Worth, Palos Hills, Palos Park, Palos Heights, Alsip, Midlothian, Oak Forest, Markham, Crestwood, Country Club Hills, Matteson, Tinley Park, Frankfort, Mokena, New Lenox, Lockport, Lemont & a portion of unincorporated Will County & Cook County. WEATHER SAFETY This policy is in effect because a situation may arise where a storm has cleared and another one, following on the heels of the first, meets the conditions for re-activation.

• A CONFIRMED sighting by a trained weather spotter of severe winds causing structural damage within five miles of the Village.

• A CONFIRMATION of severe winds in excess of 70 miles per hour within the Village.

• The receipt of a tornado warning, issued by the National Weather Service, indicating that Orland Park is in the direct path of an oncoming tornado.

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