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Tornado Siren Inadvertently Set Off in Denver Caused by 'Human Error' and 'Improper Understanding of Protocol'

Officials said the sirens sounded for about 5 minutes and that this was the third accidental citywide alert in five months.

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DENVER "Human error" and "an improper understanding of protocol" caused an unwarranted tornado siren to erupt around Denver on Monday amid severe storms, though no tornado warning was ever in place for the city, Denver's Office of Emergency Management said in a statement Tuesday morning.The siren was "inadvertently set off" while Denver County, as well as several other neighboring counties, were under a tornado watch and severe thunderstorm warn…

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KMGH broke the news on Monday, June 8, 2026.
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