Tornado sirens fail in Spring Hill

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SPRING HILL, TN (WSMV) -

Tornado sirens failed to sound this weekend in Spring Hill during a tornado warning.

The Columbia Daily-Herald reported a broken wire in the computer system controlling the sirens caused the failure.

The city is looking into the problem.

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