The Sky is Alive

Springfield, IL - March 12th

[@mariestick6636]

Awesome thunderbolt ambience

[@skiptalbot]

Nine years later to the day, this is still one of my favorite siren videos and one of the most amazing supercells I've ever seen in person.

[@Reg121]

My cousin lives in Springfield. Talking to her now about last night. She also said the lightning was crazy!!

[@IndyTheGreat]

I love the sound of a Thunderbolt 1000T on tap 3, or 180v. These are all 3-phase models too.

[@MarcusToroian]

Full body chills when it winds down and back up

[@abyios]

Thank you for uploading this. You brought back memories of that night in Springfield. I remember the lightning was constant in the sky. I was amazed because I'd never seen lightning flash over and over and over all over the sky. And the weird "stillness" soon after the light show. That's when I took cover. When it gets still like that, trouble is coming. We got a little rain after the tornado passed Wabash Ave. More tornado's formed that night in and around Springfield. Scary Night!

[@curious-relics]

Awesome video. The combination of the sirens and the thunderstorms is really eerie. I dont know how you managed to keep filming, under those circumstances i'd be running for the basement. And yes, the siren you hear is a thunderbolt. We have a lot of those in Cincinnati. They have that harsh buzzing tone to them that makes them very distinct.

[@sarahbellydancer]

That night SUCKED!!! I was at the mall for a work meeting and ended up in the storm shelter for half the night. We could hear it outside and could really feel the pressure as it went by us. I was lucky to have a car when i went outside!!

[@BlackCat1298]

That was horrible night. I remember coming home with some guy after the first tornado and ended up floating on top of the car. What I remember most is looking at the clouds, though. There were completely black.

[@denise62702]

wow it just played for me. I see you are right downtown. I am SO Glad I was out of town that night. I lived in Springfield all my life, and only saw a small tornado in a field in Fancy Prairie years and years ago. very scary

[@Enigma1677]

they are not just going off for a thunderstorm, a major tornado was on its way through there!

[@sugarmashofficial_6210]

Imagine if manila used that as their flood and nuclear sirens 😱😱😱

[@crazywarriorman]

0:56 to 1:06 gives me chills.

[@tornadofirealarmgamez4695]

ah the sound of a thunderbolt 1000t. very nice

[@mariahhaarstick591]

They also had eows 612 sirens

[@MarcusToroian]

@shebreathes I'm amazed that you captured such a perfect instance of a Thunderbolt 1000T scaring the lights out of it's protectorate ;)

[@thecompanycar]

It is actually a 1000T. Springfield didn't have any 1003s in it's system.

[@jareds7969]

Where was this filmed at in Springfield? Was it downtown or somewhere else?

[@theguyatthewheel231]

Looks like downtown.

[@jareds7969]

Then the Thunderbolt we are hearing is from the Stratton building. It was installed in about 1957 and removed sometime in 2012 or 2013. I need to call the city to see what they did with them. Just to end my quest to determine what happened to the. Btw. visuals.sj-r.com/picturing-the-past/2015/1/23/looking-for-a-sound Edit: I'm wrong. Ignore this comment.

[@jareds7969]

This is the Thunderbolt on the Municipal Center. Look at 2:01. That red dot is the Hilton building. Awesome!

[@crazywarriorman]

Sadly they are gone now. Replaced by a system of T-128s.

[@jareds7969]

I know :( I'm really mad they are gone.

[@supercarsanders5480]

The one you hear is still there! The is a Trash-128 next to it though

[@crazywarriorman]

@@supercarsanders5480 The thunderbolt is? Is it the one ontop of the grain elevator?

[@supercarsanders5480]

@@crazywarriorman on top of the municipal building foxillinois.com/resources/media/63112350-a1b4-4337-b79d-8ce48991ab46-smallScale_IMG_0236.jpg?1643152842477

[@schaefer8704]

Is this account still active

[@Rocksingerfan18]

Are those sirens thunderbolts by any chance?

[@jareds7969]

Yes.

[@Rocksingerfan18]

I swear those sirens must be thunderbolts. But I can't work out what model they are. They're either Thunderbolt 1000's or 1003's. We need a person who know's about sirens better than I know. But I watched this video that was filmed in Lewisville, Ky and they have the same type of sirens from what I can here.

[@jareds7969]

The one we hear is a 1000T. :)

[@mariahhaarstick591]

Where is this thunderbolt located

[@supercarsanders5480]

It's on the municipal building. Still stands there today, albeit with not horn

[@mariahhaarstick591]

Wow

[@WJfilms]

Good old thunderbolt

[@denise62702]

it wont play for me

[@mariahhaarstick591]

Omg

[@brendaburns5346]

That’s a thunderbolt. In alert

[@crazywarriorman]

Me too!

[@wigwagstudios2474]

>8D

[@215_Philly_4for4]

Strange loud popping noises. Yep. that would be hail. The sirens are very annoying!

[@thorguard7090]

Needs thorguard

[@mariahhaarstick591]

Thunderbolt

[@demirocksmylife]

holy shit!

[@sawyerislesministryofdefen1845]

Thunderbolt siren

[@TexSirens]

Your like boooooooooooom

[@mariahhaarstick591]

Loud

[@mariestick6636]

Wow