INSANE SIREN AMBIENCE | IOWA CITY, IA SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING | WHELEN AND ASC HARMONY AND ECHO

[@IowaSirensProductions]

I guess where Iowa City has their sirens placed with the directional and non directional it makes an amazing harmony/ambience

[@queenjessibe]

This is like a lullaby to me. Listening to the sirens are great

[@fallenmetalhero99]

Oh wow!! That's gorgeous 😍🎶🎶🎵🎵🎼🔊🔊📢 I wouldn't even be scared. It would give me calm feelings to survive a tornado. This the most pleasant siren ambiance harmony i have ever heard. Kinda reminds me of Spyro The Dragon in a way with how the harmony resonates

[@troysundt8406]

Nothing like a little Ambient Wave music to calm you down in a scary situation 🤣

[@tornadicstorm2866]

So this is where the siren harmony video came from

[@SDTrains]

yep, it was in Iowa City

[@progenitor_amborella]

I’ve been trying for a while to find the right spot to get a recording during the monthly test! I’ve had a lot of lack of time over the last couple years though unfortunately. Trying to get a recording without wind or car noises. I have a street picked out, but I want to find an even closer spot, like in the original harmonics video.

[@SDTrains]

@@progenitor_amborella yeah I just was where I was, I wasn't expecting it at all. I was actually on the phone with other siren enthusiasts when it started going off.

[@ChristianClayton2000]

@@Archie657yes sir!

[@brandjpb]

@@progenitor_amborella Did you ever get a chance to record this? Bug ups to SD Trains for recording this video. Ironically such calmbing ambience.

[@borkluchtalarm]

Very scary but musical at the same time! I would definetly go inside and take shelter if I heard this!

[@OSUfan757]

Still to this day, the sound of sirens in any city with high buildings is both so beautiful, and so terrifying at the same time. The sounds put together make it sound like they're trying to sing a song together..really is incredible! But knowing why they're going off and knowing you're in a big city is equally terrifying.

[@Greg77196]

Chicago sirens: meant to scare people Iowa City sirens: meant to amaze people

[@JamesSpeed65]

Pensacola sirens: meant to annoy people

[@notsilv3r]

OMG IS THAT THE REAL GREG HEFFLEY OMG!!!!!

[@jliu1596]

I miss when Iowa City had the AL-6000s, they harmonize with the Whelens to produce like a perfect 4th. I lived near one of the AL-6000s for a few months many years ago and a Whelen was not too far away, the harmony almost sounded like a dual tone siren to me.

[@Montecat33]

Are there any left at all? So sad they're gone but glad they were upgraded in the interest of public safety.

[@MoldyMackerel]

I cant stop listening to this it's the best ambience I've heard

[@CallistoBetch]

IM PACCIN MY BAGS AND GOIN ON AN A340

[@edy21865]

Wow! There must be at least four different sirens nearby as one of them is playing a constant drone C# and the other playing F# and is not spinning (hence the constant drone-like humming noise almost like a pedal tone of C# and F#); the other two must be revloving or spinning as you can hear the B and A# fluctuating in loudness. When combined, they play a F# major suspended 4th chord that resolves to the tonic (F# major itself) using the 4 - 3 resolution for the suspended 4th.

[@SDTrains]

Yes, there were I think about four or five sirens. Two Whelens and two ASC T-128s.

[@jliu1596]

Lol I had the same thought - the harmony sounded like a perfect 4th especially when the AL-6000s were still around. The nearest sirens to here I can think of are a Whelen by the Pentacrest (part of the uiowa system) and a T-128 at College Green Park (one of Iowa City's 3 original T-128s before the AL-6000 and WPS-2806 replacements).

[@xXSo1arGamingXx]

Man, if only Iowa City still has their Alertronics... Still an awesome siren ambiance anyways!

[@SDTrains]

Yes, that would’ve been epic

[@HSETM]

I don't know if this or West Des Moines is better.

[@Josh-h65]

Now I know where that famous siren harmony video was taken

[@raritanbayrailfan2558]

Bros at the end credits for life

[@InPursuitOfHealthAndWholeness]

I wish the sirens in Attica sounded like this!

[@Lahpaw53]

Finally I can hear it

[@Greg77196]

HOLY FRICK THIS SOUNDS BEAUTIFUL

[@tornadof25]

oo just like that siren harmony yt short

[@xXSo1arGamingXx]

That's because that yt short was also recorded in Iowa City.

[@tornadof25]

@@xXSo1arGamingXx neat!

[@joshs4594]

Question: Would you mind if I used this as a background for an ambient piece of music I'm working on? I'm not a professional so I won't be making any profits off it. If it's okay with you and when I post it you'll get a full credit for that track and I'll include the link for this channel on the post. I hope you'll consider it. Thanks.

[@SDTrains]

@@joshs4594 sure that would be fine! Sorry for the delay.

[@janeroseloave1201]

The most beautiful and satisfying sound I’ve ever heard in my life 😁😁😁😁

[@DroneAnt]

Bro came into the life end credits lol

[@CandyCornLordandTails]

Other places tornado sirens: SEVERE WEATHER!? Take shelter! Iowa city tornado sirens: nah, we making music right now

[@HSETM]

I can't decide if Ankeny's is better(2001s, a Modulator, a 3T22 and a 2T22) or this.

[@bastianhavelightsandsirens]

THATS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING IVE EVER HEARED

[@NotSnowyyMC]

This sounds like its peacful until you realize your life is in danger

[@iowantornadosirenkid190]

oh my god that is amazing...

[@SDTrains]

yes it does

[@Gamer-m2x1v]

Question for anyone that knows. What sirens were these? Also, I can hear a lower tone one pitching up and down, which one is that one?

[@JamesSpeed65]

The High Pitched Omnidirectional Sirens: Whelen WPS-2800s I Think. Lower Pitch ASC: T-128 I think. Higher Pitched ASC: RM-130 I think.

[@Gamer-m2x1v]

@@JamesSpeed65 Thanks for the information, James!

[@Gamer-m2x1v]

@@JamesSpeed65 Hmm, I checked these sirens out, and it doesn't seem to match up. I'll have to do more research!

[@a3denclaggett254]

Imagine living here lmao

[@SDTrains]

my dad used to live in Iowa City lol

[@dylan2wich64]

Lincoln, NE >>>>>>>>> Iowa City

[@J19_vlogger74]

I probably wouldn't last long. I'd have a hard time going in before the sirens stopped.

[@UsTrainsAndSirens]

I can fall asleep to this, I would have loved recording this!

[@fyrelite07]

This kinda sounds like background music to a movie

[@kansasstatealerting2874]

nice!!!

[@jayknight139]

mix this with a little thunder and i could fall asleep to this every night... which is the opposite of the intended effect lol

[@JamesSpeed65]

Plot Twist: The Sirens are Not Meant to Warn everyone that there’s a Tornado. They are to Give Everyone Peaceful Harmony for their Last Moments during the Tornado.

[@rossnolan2883]

Bonkers 😊😊😊😊

[@anncokafor]

The way each siren died down was unsettling

[@JamesSpeed65]

It was the Winddowns

[@wolfigay9810]

this is just an audio clip relayed over a video form iowa. the real soud if from a different vidoe. and you can tell that therre is no real danger because there are pedistrians walking like everything is fine at 1:07

[@ethearnos6397]

Bruh this sounds like a movie theme. Also why is this shot in HDR lmfao who are you trying to impress 😂

[@SDTrains]

I just whipped out my phone as I heard them wind up 😂😂 I had no time to adjust the settings so it was whatever it was set too.

[@ethearnos6397]

@@SDTrains lmao

[@CandyCornLordandTails]

I need to move here

[@HSETM]

When was this recorded?

[@SDTrains]

Same day it was posted Edit: May 7 2023

[@HSETM]

@@SDTrains Did Iowa City abandon replacement plans or something? I heard from someone about Iowa City replacing all the Whelens with T-128s.

[@CentralALSirens]

@@HSETM Iowa City replaced their Alertronics with T-128's. Whelens is a Separate system.

[@jezcolborne6329]

​@@SDTrainsthese sirens sound like a synth even though they are 128s and a whelen. I have a sound on my yamaha that sound like these sirens

[@warningsirensofmichio9660]

Neat

[@nicgrypicz284]

This is like the harmonised siren video

[@Greg77196]

it is from the same place it was recorded at so it is

[@nicgrypicz284]

@@Greg77196 it sounds so cool sir

[@TexSirens]

Crazy Siren Ambeince: Whelen WPS 2810, ASC T-128, Whelen WPS 4004, Thunderbolt 1000A - Tornado Sirens **W😮W** BLACK SKY! DFW. coming soon

[@BRISTOLFORCE2009]

I don’t think there’s a 1000A

[@wisconsinandillinoisrailfa8428]

It literally sounds like the YT short let me find out it was here

[@blurplemurple4960]

The F# of the Alertronics would’ve made it beautiful

[@UsTrainsAndSirens]

It's whelen omni's and t128's making this absolute masterpiece

[@blurplemurple4960]

@@UsTrainsAndSirens the system used to have alertronics but they replaced it with t-128s