Tornado sirens sound in Gaines, but weather service says no touchdown

GAINES TWP., MI – Reports of a tornado overnight in Genesee County’s Gaines Township were unfounded after residents were sent scurrying for shelter by emergency sirens in the early-morning hours Monday. The National Weather Service got a call from officials in Gaines Township that emergency sirens sounded around 1 a.m. Aug. 27 after reports of…