Timestamps: 0:00 - EAS activation for TOR 1:30 - City of DeKalb and NIU prepare to take shelter (heard over my scanner) 3:22 - DeKalb city fire dispatch prepares to activate the city's tornado sirens 4:14 - DeKalb city fire dispatch activates the city's siren network (sirens go off) 8:38 - I run outside to where the 2001-DC round back is visible 14:18 - DeKalb city fire dispatch deactivates the city's siren network (sirens wind down) 14:55 - I venture back outside to view the passing storm
I love the higher pitch siren as it seems like it can reach a longer distance and is ear piercing. I can hear those sirens from a better distance than the others.
FS 2001-DC Roundback: YOU ARE IN THE RESCTRICTED AIRSPACE!! DIVERT YOUR COURSE, OR YOU WILL BE SHOT DOWN!!!!!!! Tornado: okay. I will divert course now😭😭😭
Thanks! I timed how long it took to activate them from EAS to DTMF drop and it was a whole 10 minutes. The phone EAS alert took 15 minutes however. Next time I hope it’s not pouring rain so I can run to that round back.
Montecat 33 yeah that’s way too late considering average lead time on a TOR is about 12 mins (I think). Really they should be going off within about a minute of each other.
@@progenitor_amborella I believe that my county activates their sirens about right after the TOR header tones are broadcast through the local NOAA weather radio station that serves my area.
Federal Signal mechanical sirens have a duty cycle of 15 minutes. Running them for 10 minutes at a time isn’t necessarily recommended but it won’t hurt them.
counties in my area activate the siren networks in alert for 3 minutes. i believe the sirens go off every 5 minutes or so. they continue activating them every 5 minutes until the warning expires.
When I heard the tones come through yesterday I was like SIRENS!!!! Then I ran downstairs with my phone going BEEP BEEP BEEP. I only got a video of my Model L not the P-50.
I go to UW-Whitewater and we got hit by the same storm. I’ve never experienced a thunderstorm quite like that. No siren activation here though. Glad you guys are safe
@@Montecat33 You guys are lucky you got sirens to record. The only sirens I was able to record were the Arlington (NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH TEXAS DAMMIT!), Tennessee sirens. They are tied into the Memphis, TN siren system so they go off every Wednesday at 3:30 PM CST. Here in my hometown we have no sirens to record until you go across the Alabama Border, to the nearest siren which is 4 hours away! That would take a lotta courage to do!
Fr, especially the older ones. The first time I heard a 2nd generation 2001, it was extremely loud from 400 feet and made me cover my ears which a 130 didn’t do. IMO the older ones are very good, especially if you give them better controls
I agree. I don’t understand why people (mostly kiddies who watch TSM) say 2001s are bad. Older 2001s have a cooler pitch than the newer ones. 2001s deserve better.
This video was good! Very CREEPY too! There were tornado sirens going off for practice when i was downtown Wednesday and I was trying take a video but it was too late. But next month if it does it again I need to go out there and audio recorded
@@spanishFriedEggsOnRUclips it was brown? what a strange colour to pick. I wonder if it was painted brown or if they had the colour impregnated into the fibreglass
I guess this 2001-SRN/DC roundback replaced a ACA Hurricane 130 MK-l because of a partial system failure from a tornado warning in 1989. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACA_Hurricane
Possibly, all 3 of their hurricanes were replaced, and their system was expanded with more sirens. It’s possible that this one did, or this could have been an addition.
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Timestamps:
0:00 - EAS activation for TOR
1:30 - City of DeKalb and NIU prepare to take shelter (heard over my scanner)
3:22 - DeKalb city fire dispatch prepares to activate the city's tornado sirens
4:14 - DeKalb city fire dispatch activates the city's siren network (sirens go off)
8:38 - I run outside to where the 2001-DC round back is visible
14:18 - DeKalb city fire dispatch deactivates the city's siren network (sirens wind down)
14:55 - I venture back outside to view the passing storm
Thanks for the main points. It was really nice.
Nice
If this happened while I was in DeKalb that would’ve been amazing
I love the higher pitch siren as it seems like it can reach a longer distance and is ear piercing. I can hear those sirens from a better distance than the others.
I Love To Hear That Federal Signal 2001-DC Round Back
FS 2001-DC Roundback: YOU ARE IN THE RESCTRICTED AIRSPACE!! DIVERT YOUR COURSE, OR YOU WILL BE SHOT DOWN!!!!!!!
Tornado: okay. I will divert course now😭😭😭
LMFAO!!!!!
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Love TOR vids like this. This is what I try to do with mine with a bit of news coverage. Those sirens were activated too late imo though. Amazing job!
Thanks! I timed how long it took to activate them from EAS to DTMF drop and it was a whole 10 minutes. The phone EAS alert took 15 minutes however. Next time I hope it’s not pouring rain so I can run to that round back.
Montecat 33 yeah that’s way too late considering average lead time on a TOR is about 12 mins (I think).
Really they should be going off within about a minute of each other.
@@progenitor_amborella I believe that my county activates their sirens about right after the TOR header tones are broadcast through the local NOAA weather radio station that serves my area.
@@Montecat33 lmao thats terrible.
@@progenitor_amborella how does fire dispatch activate and deactivated the siren
The fact that this video still shows up on my recommended is a testament to your channel’s quality, keep it up my dude!
Dang, they run the sirens for 10 minutes how does that not burn up the motor?
Federal Signal mechanical sirens have a duty cycle of 15 minutes. Running them for 10 minutes at a time isn’t necessarily recommended but it won’t hurt them.
@@SWMOWoodsman Oh, ok. That’s good to know
Dekalb only as 2001s and I’m quite sad about it has there used to be ACA Hurricane sirens here
counties in my area activate the siren networks in alert for 3 minutes. i believe the sirens go off every 5 minutes or so. they continue activating them every 5 minutes until the warning expires.
Maybe those things are ment to last forever?
Creepy how sunny it gets afterward
i like the 2001 Ambience
When I heard the tones come through yesterday I was like SIRENS!!!! Then I ran downstairs with my phone going BEEP BEEP BEEP. I only got a video of my Model L not the P-50.
Sadness. The p-50 probably would have sounded better with the storm.
at our town we have a 2001 siren
4:21 we have the annoying siren
I like how you got the dispatchers talking on the radio. What do you use for that type of stuff?
Yeah Tornado Sirens Are Meant To Keep Sounding For A Full Day Even
I go to UW-Whitewater and we got hit by the same storm. I’ve never experienced a thunderstorm quite like that. No siren activation here though. Glad you guys are safe
arey721 Nice. You know WW is getting new sirens right?
Yeah I saw one of the new 508’s near campus
@@Montecat33 You guys are lucky you got sirens to record. The only sirens I was able to record were the Arlington (NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH TEXAS DAMMIT!), Tennessee sirens. They are tied into the Memphis, TN siren system so they go off every Wednesday at 3:30 PM CST. Here in my hometown we have no sirens to record until you go across the Alabama Border, to the nearest siren which is 4 hours away! That would take a lotta courage to do!
Way too long to sound sirens. Sirens should’ve sounded asap
2001s are better than people give them credit for.
Fr, especially the older ones. The first time I heard a 2nd generation 2001, it was extremely loud from 400 feet and made me cover my ears which a 130 didn’t do. IMO the older ones are very good, especially if you give them better controls
I agree. I don’t understand why people (mostly kiddies who watch TSM) say 2001s are bad. Older 2001s have a cooler pitch than the newer ones. 2001s deserve better.
Hi, Montecat33,
What is it like to be a trained weather spotter?
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This video was good! Very CREEPY too! There were tornado sirens going off for practice when i was downtown Wednesday and I was trying take a video but it was too late. But next month if it does it again I need to go out there and audio recorded
You live by a 2001 DC round back?!
What NOAA radio is that? The black and silver one?
Paul reads messages sooo slow. Tom would've finished right away
True
Pore de federal signal 2001 siren
Wait…
is that the place that originally had 3 MKIs?
yes dekalb had 3 aca hurricane 130s
@@vantaaaxone of which was a 1968 prototype 10/12 version, the others were standard MK1 models. Unknown port ratios on the other two.
@@spanishFriedEggsOnRUclips I know, but I wish that the 1968 one with the weird tube rotator was still about
@@vantaaax I do too, the one they had was brown. Its most likely been scrapped unfortunately
@@spanishFriedEggsOnRUclips it was brown? what a strange colour to pick. I wonder if it was painted brown or if they had the colour impregnated into the fibreglass
Willing to bet the reason the thumbnail is illuminated is because lightning
Psych you thought
My house was hit by the tornado I was in the basement but now I have a bigger house in texas
My local tornado sirens are EAS activated so the second a tornado warning gets issued they go off
I am going to DeKalb soon to film some sirens
It's a 2001 roundback!
How far away from the sirens are you?
Pretty epic ambience,
Hi prospect
I guess this 2001-SRN/DC roundback replaced a ACA Hurricane 130 MK-l because of a partial system failure from a tornado warning in 1989. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACA_Hurricane
Possibly, all 3 of their hurricanes were replaced, and their system was expanded with more sirens. It’s possible that this one did, or this could have been an addition.
I’d say it’s a 2001 DC
Also weird they have the sirens go the whole time instead of three minutes or three minutes off and on
I agree, in general a bad practice. 10 minutes is pushing the duty cycle.
@Hmmm Hmmm as I said. It's pushing it.
@@SimplexSys it's not
One of the NOAA weather radios seen at the start was a WR-120
Plot twist: I have one
2nd plot twist: everyone who's smart has one
You live close to the siren! Is it too loud?
Yeah is the siren
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@@iamrealcheese I live near tornado siren in my home because my school is near the siren
That’s a round back
ROUNDBACK!
Cool video new subscriber
ok, jokester, this is the wrong tone used for tornado warnings.
No it’s not
I thought it was a 500
😢😮 oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
tornado sirens
I living in dekalb
It looks like sirenhead
Its not Siren Head
The what the hell bro
Wdym
Im scared
No way
tornado
That’s not a federal Single 2001 it’s a federal single2001 DC
Bruh
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It’s a 2001 SRN first gen
Wt
Wtf again
These sirens suck.
Ikr?
They are better than an ati
@@YoooitsSCARS - That's the truth!