The death toll from a deadly tornado outbreak in Oklahoma over the weekend is now up to six. In the town of Woodward, sirens didn't sound due to a lighting strike minutes before the tornado hit.

Newscentral wanted to know what the likelihood of that happening locally could be. we asked that question to the Emergency Management Agency director.

As clean-up in Woodward continued, the state's Governor said more will be done to change outdoor warning sirens.

"We're going to figure out what we can do better to make our sirens work because I know some people could barely hear the second siren that went off during the day," said Republican Governor Mary Fallin.

Tornado sirens didn't sound due to a lightning strike minutes before a twister touched down. Six people are now dead and 12 counties are under a state of emergency. Here locally, it was only a year ago a tornado damaged parts of north Macon. But is it likely the same situation that happened in Woodward could happen here?

"If we'd lost power in Bibb County, our generator will cut on and our transmitter will still have power to send the signals out to our 56 sirens," said Macon-Bibb EMA Director Don Druitt.

Druitt said even if the generator failed, a large portion of the county's sirens are also on battery power. However, some areas in Central Georgia do not have a warning siren system at all.

"On a daily basis they're applying to the state of Georgia and other agencies for grants to install systems," said Druitt.

In fact, outdoor warning sirens are simply for what the name says; outdoors. They're not designed to be heard inside.

"If you're indoors, you need the weather radio and the smart phone app as a back-up. So, indoors, weather radio. Outdoors, have your smart phone ready. Don't rely on just the siren systems," said Newscentral's Chief Meteorologist Jeff Cox.

Back in Woodward, Governor Fallin stresses the same thing.

"It's also important for people to buy the home weather radios that run off batteries in their home. That's always a great back-up source," said Fallin.

Weather radios can run anywhere from $20 to $200 dollars, depending on the options you want. Officials say it's a small investment that could one day save your life.