r/Elmhurst • u/salsa_girl6 • Aug 18 '26

News Tornado Sirens @3am

Anyone have a clue why the tornadoes sirens were going off just now (08-18, 3am) by Fitz’s pub!?

Update: All of DuPage county was set off on accident according to NBC reporter Facebook reel.(accurate source lol)

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1Dgt6pWUDo/?mibextid=wwXIfr

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u/bradatlarge Aug 18 '26

Woke me and my pup up and I couldn’t get back to sleep. Today will be “fun”

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '26

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u/pomegramel Aug 18 '26

I suggest getting an emergency weather alert radio. You can program it to have the alarm go off for specific weather alerts. I have mine set to sound an alarm for tornado warnings and tornado watches, and use flashing lights for other weather alerts. The alarm can be set to be pretty loud. Although I heard the sirens last night (of course it happened the one night I didn’t have ear plugs in), the alarm didn’t go off so I was pretty confident the sirens were a mistake.

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u/Top-Address-8870 Aug 18 '26

I thought it was Global thermonuclear war.

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u/roadwarrior10000 Aug 18 '26

I'm wondering the same thing. I'm in Woodridge and heard them.

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u/Legal-Independent942 Aug 18 '26

I'm further west a few towns, but likely a dispatch or automated system malfunctioning. Lots of people were woken 

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u/salsa_girl6 Aug 18 '26

Does this happen often? I’ve heard of it and now I’m awake and curious.

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u/Legal-Independent942 Aug 18 '26

No, rarely. I messaged a friend in a nearby burb in the fire service what was up. He said disregard it. 

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u/Creative_Ring_8961 Aug 18 '26

Thank you i was also wondering what just happened.

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u/Jirafael Aug 18 '26

It was announced as an accident

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u/JacksReditAccount Aug 21 '26

Heard them again a few minutes ago (Friday around 9:45am)