Downtown Cincinnati Ohio Tornado Siren Ambience, August 1st, 2012

[@jacksvacssafety2620]

I think this is still one of the best ambiences out there, even in 2023

[@flyoversirens3704]

"(Earrape) Missed the growl." - The beginning kind of scared me. Lol

[@TheSirenManiacYT]

Lol haha

[@BRISTOLFORCE2009]

@Sirens & aviation and more and me

[@AWT5020]

That’s amazing being able to see that many and the distance between the sirens! It must be pretty cool when they go off.

[@BellyJae]

I went t school there for 3 years (1996-98). I can remember sitting in class just waiting for it to go off. I love how it echoed through the hallways. Memories :)

[@Thunderbolt1000Tfan]

Do you by any chance remember what chopper level it was on? What pitch did it peak at?

[@BellyJae]

You did what I wanted to do for years but was never able to get back downtown during test day. Work always got in the way lol. Thank you so much for taking this video and posting it! :D

[@Cnw8701]

LOL 2001: "Wheeeeeeeiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!" T-128: "Whuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeoooooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!"

[@Trocks797]

Awesome video! Love the ambiance and love how you can see all kinds of sirens!

[@aco52672]

SWEET!!!! That's the first large city I've seen that still uses sirens! Charlotte,NC still has a Federal 500T(?) on the top of one of the old bank buildings; it hasn't sounded since the mid 80s. :(

[@BellyJae]

Yes, I'm still here lol. Although I've left Cincinnati and have moved back to my hometown of Phoenix, AZ this past January. No siren system in place here.

[@MixerVM]

The one on the city building sounds like 4/5 port.

[@mnsirens]

Noah Covert It is

[@d00mhound]

hamilton county tests their sirens in the most unusual way. they like growl them, and u have to wait a for like 2-3 minutes for the next signal, which is alert, and only lasts for one minute, then u have to wait a nother 2-3 minutes for attack signal, which also lasts for a minute, and then BAM!!! done.

[@midwestsirens]

Yeah its weird

[@aco52672]

I believe it's on the BB&T bank building. I believe it's still there. I used to work security at one of the neighboring buildings and could see it from the roof. They would need a crane to take it down, but I haven't seen or heard anything about it being removed. Heck, I'd love to get it myself. I just can't afford a crane rental!

[@50calmanful]

I am from cinci and I have seen that t-bolt and it sounds very good

[@aco52672]

The building is still there. I don't know if the name of it has changed. Also, you won't be able to see the siren from on the street; it's kind of near the center of the building. When the siren was installed, there were not that many buildings there, and it was about the tallest, and in the center of the city. I've only heard it go off once, and that was on the news back in 85 or 86.

[@childishtombino1275]

Wait so there are FOUR thunderbolts... They seem really close together too. There's a 1000 (high pitched, long wind down), a 1000T (4/5) another 1000 that rotates at 2rpm but is not audible and another 1000T that is 5/6 and reverse wired... I mean that's a pretty cool system if you ask me. Not effective by any means but cool.

[@deaderthandead1182]

The good ol’ overpowered 6M 1000 jailbar might be my favorite. Oh also, it’s on chopper 7 with the overpowering makes it like a tap setting 8 or 9.

[@TheSleepyMechanic0524]

Trains and sirens Part of Call Of The Sirens chopper 7, running backwards.

[@cin426]

There was another one on hudihol brewery

[@BRISTOLFORCE2009]

@@deaderthandead1182 that is my favorite

[@Videogamer52100]

The first Cincinnati Thunderbolt went up in 1953 on the current Patheon Pharmaceuticals building by Reading. The downtown ones would have gone up in 1954. All of them having the massive first gen A1 blower. The Thunderbolts and SD-10's replaced Chrysler sirens from the 1940's.

[@Ryan-bm6qh]

Sounds amazing

[@garyhstorms10]

well finally sombody got a video up high i wonder is that the same 4/5 Port Thunderbolt 1000T heard in Billyjea's old video that video is still up and i compared the two this one and his video and it seems and sounds like the timer has been fixed

[@childishtombino1275]

Yeah it's the same siren.

[@BeaverStateOWS]

Wow this is a historical recording! I love how you can see 4 different sirens from up there! What building did you record this video on?

[@4J25]

Actually, there are indeed 2001's across the river, in Covington.

[@AwesomeDesertTrains]

Creepy and eerie

[@rulcm]

I can hear the thunderbolt 1000T top of the clahoun hall

[@adamssirenadventures6574]

This is almost like Minneapolis Minnesota the thunderbolt 1000T on 4/5 ports that's awesome :D

[@midwestsirens]

Sorta like it

[@BellyJae]

Yes, it's the same 4/5 port Thunderbolt :)

[@audinos4827]

This video is a good illustration of why omnidirectional sirens are superior to rotating ones.

[@adamssirenadventures6574]

Except for one thing I don't hear the Alternate Wail Modulator in this city. Weird.

[@N617A]

ohhh now I see it. I was too distracted by the thunderbolts badassness to notice :D

[@Cnw8701]

It's the one clearly seen in the video at Park Place that's incredibly high-pitched and has a fast rotating speed! =P

[@BRISTOLFORCE2009]

Lytle 1000

[@N617A]

i think the "2001" is the mount airy thunderbolt. that one is on chopper level 6...

[@deaderthandead1182]

Well, it’s overpowered on chopper 7.

[@carexpertandy]

Great video! I wonder how long the rotator has been broken on the federal building 1000T. I believe the SCPA 1000 may actually be 4 RPM. I know its hard to tell from that far away

[@garyhstorms10]

hmm wonder if Billyjae is still around on here

[@N617A]

it does... It's not a big D though... the 2001 is tinnier and sharper then the thunderbolts... the T128 is duller... so the bolt is kind of smack dab in the middle!!!

[@Cemoman17]

Wow, so you can see all the tbolts from up there?!

[@carexpertandy]

And I just realized something interesting; the 1000s rotate, but the 1000Ts dont!

[@childishtombino1275]

There is one 1000 that doesn't rotate that wasn't in this video.

[@BRISTOLFORCE2009]

DAMN 4 TBOLTS

[@h2ovilleed]

Almost sounds like a fs modulator programmed to sound like a thunderbolt

[@4J25]

Cool! Thanks for watching and commenting! :D

[@d00mhound]

i could text my mom while waiting for the next signal.

[@TheJakeman789]

I could finish school by then

[@Smokealarmlover4]

did someone welded the rotator?

[@d00mhound]

beginning scared teh sheet outta meh.

[@itz_zionmane5983]

we just heard one 1 day ago I was scared I live in Cincinnati

[@4J25]

Yes, that would be my or BellyJae's video. But there are, and hopefully for the last time I have to say this, 2001-SRNs across the river.

[@cin426]

Do they have any other rooftop t128s downtown other than taft theater ?

[@aco52672]

Yeah that's the building, but I don't see the siren anywhere. Either it's there and I cant make it out, or the city DID take it down. Well CRAP!!! But that IS the building.

[@blueguycommenteryt7054]

That white siren head (modular), was it there?

[@mikeperdomo2108]

Cool Ambiance You Can Hear Federal Signal Thunderbolts Federal Signal 2001-SRN And The New American Signal T-128s

[@BRISTOLFORCE2009]

I didn’t hear T128’s, that “SRN” you hear is the park place bolt

[@cincysilvia8807]

go to oak hills high school we got a thunderbolt 1000t and it viberates the hell out the school...scares the piss out of you.

[@adamssirenadventures6574]

Sounds like Minneapolis Minnesota sirens 😃

[@zachj9359]

Not anymore the have Whelen Vortexs i live 10 miles from sowntowm i can hear them

[@adamssirenadventures6574]

Zach Janisch I know it's true they don't make Thunderbolts anymore.

[@RadioDoggo-o8b]

Doesn't saint Paul park have a thunderbolt, I know Eden prairie if not savage has atleast one or two

[@mnsirens]

Alphawolf All three cities you mentioned have no remaining Thunderbolts. And Minneapolis actually does have one left. It’s the U of M’s Federal Enterprises 1000T from 1954. I believe that Bloomington has one or two as well

[@RadioDoggo-o8b]

Mikey yeah I knew it was one of thos3 cities surrounding the twin cities do you know if Bloomington tests in the winter?

[@N617A]

well and no i hear a 2001 too... but i can seriosly also kind of hear mount airys slightly...

[@cincysilvia8807]

where is this located downtown? i work on 7th street but my building basically cancels any noise so i never hear them,,,damn you cincinnati bell

[@Cnw8701]

You guys know that nearby Covington, KY has a system of Modulators and 2001's, right? Don't they test them on the same day being near or directly across from Cincinnati?

[@Cnw8701]

Is there a reason why the two 1000T units don't rotate and are set on low chopper settings?

[@EASsirenVids01]

4:06 i’ve seen that one in person.

[@southeast_minnesota_sirens04]

Good for you I own a T-128

[@Videogamer52100]

It's a Jailbar too. The Thunderbolts were installed in batches, some in the 1950's, some in the 1970's and 1980's. This is a 1954 model.

[@rarleyposting5546]

Is that old tbolt still there?

[@Cnw8701]

@4:36, that actually sounds like a Modulator winding down!

[@Thunderbolt_7026]

4:36

[@amberlynn6914]

where's the 4/5 bolt in the mix!?

[@Eastkentuckysirensandtrains]

I know this comment is 10 years old, but the 4/5 bolt is the city bldg. Thunderbolt.

[@arianepilapil7043]

How many thunderbolt do you see?

[@BellyJae]

From this video, 4. This was taken atop the Carew Tower. There are more that can be seen but were not filmed. I went to SCPA (School for Creative and Performing Arts) and remember vividly that siren going off each month. It sounded so awesome because the building is mostly concrete, it echoed through the hallways. :)

[@ChicagoSirens]

But isn't that high pitch siren the one that's rotating 8 rpm? There is a video of it up close.

[@4J25]

Cool! When does New Lebanon test? I could come up there sometime. And, if I am correct the 2001-SRN*B is at the fire station on the west side of town.

[@Cnw8701]

LOL That particular Thunderbolt sounds whinier than the other!

[@brucesrandomlife2951]

Im guessing this was recorded before the T-128 and E-Classes was Installed

[@deaderthandead1182]

freckly_BPG Games, Alarms, And More Way before

[@4J25]

You mean the brown one? That's the Federal Building one. It says so in the video.

[@aco52672]

yes it is.

[@TommyBNSF]

Pretty awesome ambiance, though in my opinion, all thunderbolts should be either 1000T or 1003. Single tone just makes it sound like almost any other siren, but I'm not hating it though!

[@4J25]

Ok. Are there any good sirens to get pics of on the way up?

[@joshuaeckberg6675]

4/5 port A1 blower

[@childishtombino1275]

+Joshua Eckberg For some reason I don't think it has a blower

[@Elizabeth-ts4om]

+Mr.Someone obviously it has a blower. The blower could be broken though. And I'm pretty sure 1000Ts don't have A1 blowers. Only 1000s have them. 1000Ts have A2, B, and possibly C series blowers

[@childishtombino1275]

BOB!theGMObanana Oh yeah sorry i worded it wrong, of course it does I meant it may not be operative like the Rotator

[@childishtombino1275]

+Joshua Eckberg And I have this feeling that if the blower was working you would be able to hear it- Even if its slightly heard

[@midwestsirens]

+BOB!theGMObanana ummm 1000T's do have A1's

[@4J25]

Also, what time?

[@michaellink9634]

how far r the sirens away from each other?

[@nickrusche]

Nice Video 4J25

[@Tech-ss1hl]

Didn't Cincinnati replace all their old sirens with new T-128's?

[@4J25]

They're in the process.

[@midwestsirens]

Yes by now almost all are replaced.

[@Mopsspoof]

The first T-Bolt sounds underpowered.

[@cleosimmons2765]

The chopper level was set lower . back in the late 90s it was set on chopper level 7. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5eWf3-LoJ6CqtE

[@N617A]

ahh alright. forgive me i know of the cinci sirens only through youtube... i have never been there...

[@4J25]

No problem! :P

[@JMANWiSS]

Why dont two of them rotate?

[@childishtombino1275]

MY thought is that they were set up to direct their sound towards the city buildings to create reverb that will cover the city. I may be wrong though.

[@madisoncountysirens4295]

I know these comments are old, but if there's anyone out there still curious, that is likely not the case. Both 1000T's in the downtown area at the time, (Government bldg and YMCA) at some point did rotate, I suspect YMCA'S rotator broke somewhere in the early 2010s unless the wind was pushing the horn around and the 4/5 government bldg thunderbolt's rotator broke somewhere after 2006. Hamilton County EMA stopped authorizing any repairs for any old sirens to make way for the new T-128s, thus the rotators were never fixed

[@Videogamer52100]

@@madisoncountysirens4295 Government building Thunderbolt rotator worked during the tornado outbreak of 1999. The YMCA one definitely worked during that time frame.

[@mineolabolt4928]

Old siren system

[@JPa311979]

Is the Thunderbolt 1000T on the YMCA a 4/5 port or 5/6 port?

[@childishtombino1275]

It is 5/6

[@4J25]

naw, its not out o sync. he sirens arejust REALY far away.

[@4J25]

Nope. It's on Walnut and 5th.

[@4J25]

Hmmm That's odd.

[@oscarflores6506]

I am in cnicinnatati

[@4J25]

Yeap. I just realized that Lol.

[@shodowhater]

5/6

[@ZeeJBC]

Earrape

[@N617A]

lol yep yep.

[@Levi99130]

0:12 3:17 5:42

[@4J25]

Oops! Sorry though you said that to me lol!

[@oscarflores6506]

I can here the 1000

[@TheJakeman789]

What an awfully hideous siren ambience.

[@N617A]

well and no i hear a 2001 too... but i can seriosly also kind of hear mount airys slightly...

[@michaellink9634]

how far r the sirens away from each other?