SC Statewide Tornado Drill: Thunderbolt 1003, Attack & Hi-Lo - Silverstreet, SC 3/9/16

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Skip to 1:40 for the activation.
**NEW UPDATE 07/30/2024: The Silverstreet 1003 had went through refurbishment process, it was just finished. But unfortunately, this siren still hasn't been reinstalled and there is currently no estimated date for this siren to be reinstalled. It was originally anticipated to be reinstalled back spring 2024.
Previous update from 2023: This siren was removed and was taken to the repair shop for repairs to the siren. The chopper motor is dead. County plans to reinstall this siren by spring 2024. I repeat, this siren will be reinstalled next year.
Distance recording of this in attack and hi-lo: • Distance Recording: Th...
Shot on March 9, 2016. This is a video of this siren sounding 3 minute attack ("take cover") and 3 minute hi-lo (fire signal) for the 2016 South Carolina statewide tornado drill at 9:00am ET. I apologize for the scanner signal issue. I had trouble getting the signal.
I know there's no start up (and sorry for the video shakiness) on the second test (hi-lo), that second test was completely unexpected. A few minutes later after the first test, this siren went off in hi-lo during I was taking down the cameras. The camera started recording around 10 seconds after this siren started up again. At first I thought this siren's going off for the fire call, but I was told by the county it was part of the test.
This siren hasn't ran in attack in 2 years. The attack signal was so awesome to my ears! This siren is normally tested every Saturday at 12:00 PM ET in 3 minute of hi-lo (fire signal). The attack signal ("take cover") is normally tested on every SC statewide tornado drill. This siren is a 3 phase model (1003A). This siren is part of the Newberry County siren system. This siren is one of the famous Thunderbolt 1003s on KZbin. This siren is located in Silverstreet, South Carolina at Silverstreet Fire Department and EMS station off of Main Street (34).
Newberry County, SC Siren Map: goo.gl/0kTacn
Location of this siren: goo.gl/rflAEb
Recorded by a JVC Everio GZ-E200BU
Scanner was set on weather radio mode

[@atsf47legit]

UPDATE: the siren had been taken down in september and is awaiting repair and restoration. it plans to be back to service in spring of 2024.

[@BeaverStateOWS]

Looking more like summer now

[@alanisraelbrunoogatanew20]

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[@lawrenceogden2290]

@@alanisraelbrunoogatanew20 …

[@zacksmith1276]

1:43 thunderbolt siren starts off with Attack. 4:54 thunderbolt siren goes to Hi-Lo.

[@ayansiddiqui1394]

1:43 attack (take cover) 4:54 Hi Lo (fire signal)

[@airplaneairline3056]

1:43 attack (take cover) 4:54 Hi lo fire signal

[@someengineermain6803]

@@airplaneairline3056 he already did it though

[@tylerdavis9820]

Sounds fantastic! They better not replace this one, if anything they should restore it!

[@Elizabeth-ts4om]

I'm pretty sure the county is planning on keeping this siren for as long as they can

[@midwestsirens]

+BOB!theGMObanana correct. Well I sure hope they aren't lying

[@batmen6935]

Tyler Davis To me,sounds and looks like shit.

[@AwesomeDesertTrains]

i want it when it comes down

[@L.I.Thunderbolt1003]

Tyler Davis restore it -who's with me!!

[@UberLukario]

There is so much to say about this beautiful 'bolt. While It looks ugly on the outside, behind that horn screen lie two choppers and solenoids that create an eerie, yet beautiful signal for a thunderbolt. Wail Signal sounded so cool on this! I love how the pitch descends so low and it revs back up to the High signal.

[@TheSleepyMechanic0524]

UberLukario only one chopper. Dual tone.

[@Zip_soap_4357]

IT'S NOT TWO CHOPPERS IT'S TWO CHOPPER HOLES

[@leosouthibounnorath984]

@@Zip_soap_4357no it’s 11 chopper holes

[@leosouthibounnorath984]

@@Zip_soap_4357there is basically 2 chopper 5 port and 6 port

[@dieterhauer8619]

On the pole nearby... Those are folded dipole antennas and it appears that there are about 3-4 of them, aimed in various directions for coverage and fed/wired in phase to provide gain. It is likely an antenna configuration for a VHF repeater, for public service (fire/EMS).

[@Godzilla20191]

Man idk what your yapping about I don’t speak antenna language I only speak DTMF

[@murrfarms]

Sweet!! I have always wanted to hear this one run in either alert or attack since you first recorded it, glad to finally hear it do just that! Sounds really good too, much better than it has in the past (before it was repaired). Now if only the one in downtown Newberry would go off in hi-lo for the drill one year, that would be completely epic. Speaking of that one, I wonder if it worked right this time around after its little malfunction during the last drill. I sure hope so since I would hate to see it either be put out of service or replaced just because the delay relay in the RCM got hung up.

[@bnmobildirecto3949]

murrfarms can you tell what a Fedelcode model 2t

[@deaderthandead1182]

trainsandsirens 1 A model 2T, but made by an earlier federal signal.

[@ayansiddiqui1394]

I like the attack

[@Godzilla20191]

It’s being refurbished now and will be back in spring because the chopper burned

[@dragonsamurai453productions]

Even though it may need to be repainted a bit (I noticed that most of the paint either dissolved, rusted off or chipped off) it still works like a charm! I am still shocked that this siren survived a Hurricane!

[@cartridgestudios436]

It sounds like there's 15 right there because of the echo. I love it so much!!!

[@lanierburton251]

The attack and high low sounds really good

[@TheBobcat418]

Great video! I always love hearing a healthy 1003 in either attack or hi lo.

[@RealSkullage]

Well I wouldn't say healthy but... It stills sounds good.

[@Keaton0801]

Back in the days of civil defense, the sound of a thunderbolt in attack meant two things. 1. You’re screwed, or 2. You’re fucked.

[@cometchris1090]

Here in NYC we don't have sirens anymore, most of the sirens that were put up post 1990s have all been taken down. However the only siren that survived is a thunderbolt 1003 that's in a airport. I believe it's in LaGuardia. Obvisually it's no longer used, things been silent for 20 years.

[@deaderthandead1182]

ChrisCo-Op Gaming Y’all still got STH-10s.

[@Godzilla20191]

There’s also the mineola bolt

[@cometchris1090]

@@Godzilla20191 When I say in NYC I mean in the city and the surrounding boroughs. While yes we do have sirens many of them exist outside the city either in upstate NY or in Long Island. Many which are far from where I live.

[@Godzilla20191]

@@cometchris1090 ohhhh

[@nathanielaranda8407]

love the hi lo at 4:54 its my favorite alert sound

[@xXSo1arGamingXx]

Same here but this sound is actually called hi-lo

[@Cookiefanxo]

Not if ur there and it was not a test and it went off the same tune XD

[@fandomsiren1872]

I love hi and lo or hi lo hi-lo

[@benjaminmendenhall3104]

Me too

[@zacksmith1276]

I love it too

[@wendi-bnkywuv]

At one point it sounds like it's a complete, steady tone from the echo. Pretty cool!

[@BlueThunderboltsiren]

Beautiful

[@modulator-sx8cw]

Attack windup sound like this: UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO and BEST SOUND EVER

[@Nicsirens]

I loved the Echo on the Attack signal on the Thunderbolt 1003 that's insane Echo wow 😊

[@Elizabeth-ts4om]

Love hearing that big old 5M blower chugging away in the background

[@dank980]

Isn't that a 6m?

[@xXSo1arGamingXx]

Nope its an earlier 5M

[@Elizabeth-ts4om]

DANEPIC RANDOM VIDS 6Ms were discontinued before 1003s came out

[@halpmeamcringe1538]

Back when the silverstreet thunderbolt didn’t have a broken solenoid, it sounded better

[@SNIXC]

I like how it doesnt fully reach full pitch in attack for some reason.

[@United_HVAC_and_Fans]

It anoyys me alot .

[@Elizabeth-ts4om]

The thingy in the middle of the horn needs to be tightened but I have to admit the Hi Lo sounds so much better now that they fixed that brush. I live in Indy so there's no way my dads going to drive me all the way to SC to film a siren but if I ever happen to be in this area for whatever reason then I'm defiantly filming this siren

[@AlphaGaming-mj7vf]

Bobthegmobanana yes that's an thunderbolt siren

[@kylewhetstone881]

It goes off in hi-lo every sat. At 12pm

[@jeremiahd2417]

I hear this every month. However I heard it last week.due to a snow emergency. Wasnt there for the severe event in August though as I was out of state.

[@Victor-yt4ux]

Bro that is crazy

[@chowchowdogforever6154]

Wow what a wonderful beast

[@deaderthandead1182]

Hate how chopper 5 sounds like chopper 4.. anyway nice video of Silverstreet‘s bolt again!

[@iowansirenrecordings2454]

5M blower air in a nutshell

[@katiaoliveira335]

Ysgshdudur

[@Whyyoutubewhy..]

@@katiaoliveira335 are you ok?

[@FA50PH]

@@katiaoliveira335 ?

[@zacksmith1276]

@@FA50PH what's going on with her right now?

[@ShowMeSirens130]

Awesome Attack and Hi lo!!!!

[@katiaoliveira335]

Ydydye

[@ShowMeSirens130]

@@katiaoliveira335 what the actual hell are you even trying to say?

[@FA50PH]

@@katiaoliveira335 shut up.

[@FA50PH]

@@ShowMeSirens130 its just a spambot

[@zacksmith1276]

@@FA50PH what is spambot?

[@twmax4137]

That siren has seen better days

[@AAmeriican]

i like the sound though the attack is random timing for wind up and wind down and wow that thunderbolt looks like it was hit by a tornado

[@sirensandtrains8490]

Its 56 years old and its been hit by a hurricane or two. Trust me its worse now.

[@Godzilla20191]

@@sirensandtrains8490 yea chopper decided to spit smoke so now it’s gonna come back in spring which is like 2-3 weeks away

[@centralillinoissirens.]

I love attack. Great video!

[@pink3t224]

LOL I loved the last wind down!

[@SouthCarolinaSirens]

Lol me to its flasher is modified from what i heard

[@xXSo1arGamingXx]

I also love the windown. I've only heard 2 thunderbolt 1003's with modified flashers on youtube. This thunderbolt and the thunderbolt that was recorded by (TheFiremanSavage). (Silverstreet, SC Tbolt and Wahoo, NE Tbolt)

[@deleteddeleted172]

I hope they don't replace this siren.

[@zacksmith1276]

Me neither

[@Yes97965]

Thunderbolt does not want to do this but wants to get it over with 😂

[@dylans4788]

How come it spins slower while doing the hi-lo tone?

[@TrainsAndSirens1]

+Four Wheeled Fanatic The rotator is warn out (rotator is over 50 years old).

[@dylans4788]

+TrainsAndSirens1 Ohh, that's interesting. Thanks for your reply!

[@J19_vlogger74]

I know it might not happen, but it would be cool to hear pulse, pulsed wail and Hi-low Wail/Alternate Wail on this siren when it gets put back into service.

[@Carlusmagsen]

The echo sound awesome

[@aoiryugoku7089]

A good echo and good pitch and sounds like a tone of metal echoing

[@jonnylund1130]

My favorite out of all tornado sirens is the whelen vortex I hope I spelled that right

[@deaderthandead1182]

Jonny Lund they suck. So you don't like 1003's? Screw you!

[@deaderthandead1182]

tbolt 1003 how old are you?

[@SouthCarolinaSirens]

Trains And sirens im 11 and i knew it was fast wail

[@kylevincent6514]

Yep that is an old thunderbolt when is attack and hi lo without tornado drill and take cover

[@iowansirenrecordings2454]

How does the air comming out of the head not just blow the screening out? It looks pretty loose

[@TrainsAndSirens1]

@Faxy/Max's cool channel: I don't think this siren blows that much air from the head.

[@westshore6899]

what port is this?

[@kansasstatealerting2874]

Cheekiestharpy sirens 5/6

[@westshore6899]

Sirens And Trains Of Kansas isn’t that the port that most t-bolts are set on?

[@kansasstatealerting2874]

Cheekiestharpy sirens Yes, 1003s are usually 5/6 unlike the 1003 in University Park, Illinois that has a 4/5 port chopper. The Thunderbolt chopper ports are: 5/6, 4/5, and 5, 1000s are 5 port, 1000Ts and 1003 can either be 5/6 or 4/5.

[@westshore6899]

Sirens And Trains Of Kansas I wonder what would happen if there was a 1/2 port

[@airplaneairline3056]

1:43 attack (take cover) 4:54 Hi lo fire signal

[@MRIDNETGUY2004]

Time for this sucker to get restored

[@RebelPride69635]

1:42

[@dianemckimmy5701]

*T-bolt 1000T intensifies*

[@arizonawarningsirens6067]

@@dianemckimmy5701 *1003

[@FA50PH]

@@arizonawarningsirens6067 he's just saying its the same sound

[@dmzeno9136]

now thats a thunderbolt

[@Mitch1938]

I like it in attack

[@deuceforhire]

Rating diff kinds of signals coming from thunderbolt: Attack: **SCARY AS HECK** Hi-Lo: Kinda scary but ye Pulse: it's not moving- Alternative Wail: sounds scary a little Test Siren: I hate it a little bit 😒 Tornado: *S C A R Y.*

[@deleteddeleted172]

Sounds like a 1000T

[@TrainsAndSirens1]

@Bendy and the Machine: All Thunderbolt 1003s have 1000T (dual tone) choppers. The purpose of a 1003 having a dual tone chopper is to make the 1003 hi-lo to work.

[@deleteddeleted172]

TrainsAndSirens1 I just learned something XD

[@Keaton0801]

Is there any news on the Newberry, SC excessively loud 1003? I'm wondering if it's still there.

[@Elizabeth-ts4om]

Keaton0801 afaik it’s still active. I believe the county is trying to make this siren the last weekly tested thunderbolt in existence

[@deaderthandead1182]

Elizabeth_958 This isn’t the newberry bolt.

[@CentralNewberryYT100]

@@deaderthandead1182 silverstreet bolt

[@J19_vlogger74]

Not at the moment. It's being refurbished and should be back in service by the end of the year.

[@anonymousarsonist9653]

Weird, it did attack AND hi lo for the SWA, I don’t think it does both for the tornado drill now.

[@trainsandsirensofilinmiwi2080]

7:42 siren head hi lo wail actor eows 612 if you want it to not be fast put your speed 0.75 for the real speed and noise

[@United_HVAC_and_Fans]

dead meme

[@trainsandsirensofilinmiwi2080]

@@United_HVAC_and_Fans i guess so

[@robbie150]

Sounds a lot better with that chopper motor! great video!

[@BeaverStateOWS]

8 minutes of epicness

[@Faraday1056]

I wanna hear this do alternate wail so badly.

[@deleteddeleted172]

It can't it needs to have a special wired AF timer

[@zacksmith1276]

I love the Hi lo signal.

[@CUPC4K3VR]

They should never replace it but maybe just fix the painting and everything else

[@andreabowers2060]

What is a2

[@Sys-Edit0r-1995]

A utility pole to hold the antenna, and an antenna mast to hold the siren... hmm, strange choice.

[@AlphaGaming-mj7vf]

Trainsandsirens1 that thunderbolt siren is an old one

[@westshore6899]

This one sounds like the 1003 synth I made on attack.

[@louiserettig706]

that is one creepy sounding siren! that would scare me to death in the middle of the night!!

[@miguelpadilla42]

Alert alert the tornado siren has gone off

[@rebe3735]

1:43 skip here

[@BossCoins2]

That bolt needs to be restored

[@MattCraftVids]

this siren sounds like it has a bad attack mode the chopper's rpm sounds unhealthy and like its almost shutting down with every dip

[@curtiscat7969]

what is the chopper level on hi-lo

[@deaderthandead1182]

Curtis The Cat 5 for both

[@United_HVAC_and_Fans]

i have gotten word that the siren will be getting repaired sometime this week.

[@the8bitgabe]

has it?

[@Whyyoutubewhy..]

@@the8bitgabe no

[@rebe3735]

dude attack like wail

[@dominikkarkowski]

How loud is a thunderbolt in comparison with an Nederlands modulator?

[@TrainsAndSirens1]

@Dominik Karkowski: A Modulator produces about 110/115 decimals at 100 ft. A Thunderbolt produces 128 decimals at 100ft. Thunderbolts are a lot louder than the Modulator.

[@dominikkarkowski]

TrainsAndSirens1Thanks!

[@SouthCarolinaSirens]

TrainsAndSirens1 when i go back today and every time im at the test i can feel it in my chest and its loud

[@tknovianj.j1641]

THAT IS ONE CREEPY SOUNDING TORNADO siren MAN could you imagine hearing this at 12 am?? uhh man..

[@Tigers9596]

There's no tornado.....

[@deaderthandead1182]

TheKidDrumaddict ™ how the crap is that a tornado it's a Thunderbolt!

[@jeffhurckes190]

I'd rather have a siren than not, and find out because my house is flying apart. Where I currently live in Denver, we do not have sirens.

[@kansasstatealerting2874]

@@jeffhurckes190 Denver, CO? Denver installed new sirens years ago.

[@jeffhurckes190]

I'm on the north suburbs of Denver, CO. The city itself has a few here and there, but not in Thornton. Colorado Springs also doesn't have any.

[@KlaxontornadosirenfanYT]

There's the distance video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eofSn3uGe5KIgcksi=m2NnydXY1lhDEeVj

[@yowaddlesvlogsfun2326]

you Really should label these as Free sound effects that will get you a lot more hits + most of your views are probably people looking for a certain sound

[@YoWaddles]

I was just sharing some friendly ideas :( no need to get so bad

[@YoWaddles]

I just know a very large amount of people that are just looking for sounds and stuff and would love a place like this :D

[@deaderthandead1182]

YoWaddles hey man I liked

[@rnbsteenstar]

I am 1 of them!

[@rnbsteenstar]

How right you are, I'm one of them look for good free stock video/sound.

[@tereseantoinetjuliales]

This sound good like this

[@codymoore3464]

Hey everyone I think they got one in ninety six South Carolina too but I know they got it in greenwood South Carolina tho

[@anonymousarsonist9653]

Greenwood disconnected their sirens in 2015 sadly

[@ryematthewcalumpang7231]

No more broken solenoid..

[@idkidk9616]

Tbolts are my favorite siren

[@1000BT]

Update 2021 this siren has been fixed

[@Chevy_Camaroz28]

Finally you're not saying incorrect info

[@loudrestorations]

Why does everyone keep missing the wind up of the hi-low???

[@Elizabeth-ts4om]

loudThunderbolt1003 if you’d read the description you’d know that the person recording this didn’t expect the siren to run hi lo, so that’s why he missed the windup

[@loudrestorations]

Elizabeth_958 yeah but it happened twice

[@technikwahn]

😍

[@pnrtrains902]

The siren was built 1950 and thats 60 years old and ilove the attach hilo

[@thespiritstingray9359]

It was actually 1963, not 1950. The thunderbolt siren wasn't wasn't in production in 1950

[@pnrtrains902]

Sorry i was wrong it was built on 1960s

[@juancastanon118]

Siren starts at 1:42

[@deaderthandead1182]

So the pitch does not drop anymore becouse of the new motor right?

[@TrainsAndSirens1]

@Sideways Model 7T: Nope, this siren still has the original motor. A part came off the motor in 2015. It was later reinstalled and siren worked really good.

[@deaderthandead1182]

TrainsAndSirens1 the brush right?

[@TrainsAndSirens1]

@Sideways Model 7T: I think so.

[@deaderthandead1182]

TrainsAndSirens1 good to know. Wanna record it again. I miss it's hi-lo :(

[@ghousted865]

hi-lo signal sounds sick

[@pnrtrains902]

Fuck you its not sick its just stuck solenoids

[@Jason-ur3rs]

🎉wow🎉

[@sodawx]

I like thunderbolt 1003 pulse and HI-LO

[@johnnysworld1944]

I like hi-lo

[@Willlhelmvonmanfred]

The 1003 thunderbolts front horn is broken

[@YoooitsSCARS]

It's called screen holder

[@L.I.Thunderbolt1003]

How many rpm dude 1 or3

[@deaderthandead1182]

Wayne Preston you mean 2 or 4,well it's 4 for the solenoid alternation,and 2 for the rotation

[@trainsandsirensofilinmiwi2080]

sick t bolt a lil

[@pnrtrains902]

Dang that thing is 50+ years old

[@Chevy_Camaroz28]

Now 60

[@uraveragecringebrazilian]

62

[@kylewhetstone881]

When is the statewide tornado drill

[@TrainsAndSirens1]

First or second Wednesday of every March at 9:00am.

[@kylewhetstone881]

Thanks

[@Purrfecrcatemoji1570]

This thing is broke thunderbolt 1003

[@twistercuber]

Does this have an A1 blower? I love the attack on this thing.

[@TrainsAndSirens1]

@TwisterCuber: I think it does.

[@twistercuber]

That's pretty cool

[@deaderthandead1182]

It has a 4M, A2.

[@SouthCarolinaSirens]

5m a2

[@Elizabeth-ts4om]

It’s a 5M A2. A1s were discontinued before 1003s came out

[@leonardosouthibounnorath8046]

I hear the solenoid boxes

[@mariabarron7397]

1:42 siren activates 4:54 siren goes in Hi lo

[@CentralNewberryYT100]

i have a scanner

[@anulsafipo8078]

this was filmed in March 9 2016

[@dilchproductions]

Epic echo!

[@cougarsteis]

Could u record the other thunderbolt

[@FATTYBONGRIPS]

There probably isn't any other tbolts nearby and if there is they are probably disconnected

[@sirensandtrains8490]

Theres one about 15 miles away in downtown Newberg

[@sirensandtrains8490]

Newberry*

[@SouthCarolinaSirens]

@@FATTYBONGRIPS only 2 in the entire county used to be about 6 or 7 more

[@badischerheuler5997]

How is the timing at attack? 5sec on-5 sec off?

[@TrainsAndSirens1]

+Maxi Mustermanny 3-sec on, 3-sec off.

[@badischerheuler5997]

+TrainsAndSirens1 Sounds cool at the Thunderbolt. Thanks!

[@amberlynn6914]

It's 5 on 8 off. I counted.

[@badischerheuler5997]

+amberlynn6914 8 off is too long. I'm from Germany and the timing at fire alarm is 12 on-12 off 12 on-12 off 12 on -12 off.

[@badischerheuler5997]

In Germany at attack it's 2 on 2 off, so it's our attack and your fast wail. Can you tell me the timing at your fast wail? :)

[@mateoortiz4988]

hey dude where's that tornado siren

[@Elizabeth-ts4om]

Newberry FD

[@deaderthandead1182]

Mateo Ortiz it's a fire siren

[@SouthCarolinaSirens]

Elizabeth_958 silverstreet fd

[@SouthCarolinaSirens]

Ive benn there but ive only seen the back side of it

[@Elizabeth-ts4om]

Mateo Ortiz if you’d read the title and description you wouldn’t have these questions