Well, technically, I don't live in "Tornado Alley," (perhaps an extension of it in the Tampa Bay area), but we get plenty of weather alerts, including tornadoes. 'Matter of fact, there was one last evening in my local area. My cable TV company usually broadcasts one of those "Emergency Action Notification" alerts (the "Ennnnnnhh..... Ennnnnnnnh....Ennnnnnh.... BLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP" kind of thing). At which point, I check my security cameras to see if there's debris whizzing by or the trees are bending over (which there weren't). Then I check weather.com to look at the RADAR and see what we're dealing with. In the case of last evening, the "Warning" was only for 1/2 hour (23 min. remaining when I got it).
As far as driving goes, unless they have an alert on their smartphone or some other device (or you're listening to the radio), they may not be aware of the alert until it's right on them.
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