Why Barling sirens sound when the city is not included in tornado warning [Video]

Some Barling residents, including Jackie Cox, were concerned when they heard the city’s warning sirens Sunday night.“Oh, yes, I did, and I was scared. When I lived here before and they went off, you better move,” Cox said.But this time, she did not leave home and headed to a local tornado shelter for safety. “Because the TV wasn’t saying it was here in Barling or even Fort Smith. But I was still kind of scared because I remember the bad tornado they had in Fort Smith (in 1996),” Cox said. During Sunday night’s storms, tornado warnings were issued for southern Sebastian County. Barling was not in the path of the warned storm.”You like to err on the side of caution. I was through one tornado at Fort Smith when I worked for the National Guard,” Barling City Administrator Steve Core said. “And there’s nothing like having caution when you have …