Bugün öğrendim ki: 2001 yılında, bir F3 kasırgası orta batıdaki küçük bir kasabayı harap etti. Birçok insan uyarılmadı çünkü o sırada topluluğun kasırga sireni arızalıydı. Kasabanın adı Siren, Wisconsin

Tornado outbreak of June 18, 2001[![Siren, Wisconsin Radar1.jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Siren,_Wisconsin_Radar1.jpg/260px- Siren,_Wisconsin_Radar1.jpg) ](/wiki/File:Siren,_Wisconsin_Radar1.jpg) Radar image of the Siren Supercell (bottom left) at 8:30 CST. --- Type| Tornado outbreak Duration| June 18, 2001 Tornadoes confirmed| 6 Max. rating1| [F3](/wiki/Fujita_scale "Fujita scale") tornado Duration of tornado outbreak2| ~6 hours, 25 minutes Casualties| 2 fatalities, 16 injuries Damage| ~$22.6 million[1] Areas affected| [Florida](/wiki/Florida "Florida"), [Upper Midwest](/wiki/Upper_Midwest "Upper Midwest") 1 _Most severe tornado damage; see[Fujita scale](/wiki/Fujita_scale "Fujita scale")_ 2 _Time from first tornado to last tornado_ On June 18, 2001, a small, but fatal tornado outbreak occurred across the [Upper Midwest](/wiki/Midwestern_United_States " Midwestern United States") as well as [Florida](/wiki/Florida "Florida"). The outbreak spawned a long- tracked [F3](/wiki/Fujita_scale "Fujita scale") tornado that killed three people, and caused approximately US$10 million in damage. The tornado struck [Siren](/wiki/Siren,_Wisconsin "Siren, Wisconsin"), [Wisconsin](/wiki/Wisconsin "Wisconsin"), a small village whose only siren was malfunctioning when the tornado moved through. Other less damaging tornadoes were confirmed in Florida, [Iowa](/wiki/Iowa "Iowa"), [Minnesota](/wiki/Minnesota "Minnesota") and [Nebraska](/wiki/Nebraska "Nebraska"). Following the outbreak, areas affected by the Wisconsin tornado received financial assistance from local and federal authorities.