Walsh urges Branch County residence to register for CodeRED alerts, as peak severe weather season approaches

Walsh urges Branch County residence to register for CodeRED alerts, as peak severe weather season approaches

COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – In the wake of a historic and deadly EF-3 tornado that devastated the Union City area March 6, Branch County Administrator Frank Walsh is urging all residents to sign up for the CodeRED emergency notification system. The storm, which packed winds of 160 mph and claimed three lives in the Union Lake vicinity, was the earliest EF-3 tornado in Michigan’s recorded history. As southwest Michigan enters the peak of its severe we…