Limerick Generating Station To Test Sirens Tuesday

LIMERICK, PA — Alarm klaxons will be heard blaring throughout Montgomery and Chester counties on Tuesday afternoon, but officials are reminding residents that there's no reason to worry.

The sirens, which will go off at 2 p.m., are for the Limerick Generating Station's semiannual test. It includes all 165 sirens throughout the area and will last for about three minutes, according to officials.

If you're within a 10 to 15 mile radius of the Station, you may hear the high-pitched, wailing alarm.

"In a real event, the sirens are not a signal to evacuate, but a warning to tune to a local Emergency Alert Broadcast television or radio station," State Sen. Katie Muth's office explained.

The full siren test occurs twice a year, in December and June. It's part of a routine safety check.

Emergency Alert stations are as follows: in Chester County, 90.9 and 102.9 FM, in Montgomery County, 1060, 1440, and 990 AM; and in Berks County, 830 and 1340 AM and 102.5, 107.5, and 91.3 FM.