THUNDERBOLT 1000T TORNADO SIREN TEST 12/03/2007

[@skkydreemer]

My son has autism and is obsessed with emergency sirens. I am so glad that these are now available on youtube for him to watch. Thanks!

[@J19_vlogger74]

wow, i have autism too and i like them too

[@LiamWise-Powell-dw7rt]

Me to

[@GabesElectronics]

It's kind of crazy to think this was recorded a few months after I was born and it's still here on KZbin today.

[@danlc95]

I miss those. We hd them in the Pontiac Mi area. The ones we have now are weak, almost apologetic sounding.

[@spanishFriedEggsOnYoutube]

Yes the Pontiac area was loaded with them, but all got replaced after 9/11.

[@Landotter1]

The sound of that siren will wreak fear in my heart forever. We heard those sirens a LOT when I was a small child, living in Kansas City KS. The 70's were very active weather years. Now, a weather entheusiest, the storms don't scare me because I understand them and have seen many tornadoes but that ominous sound of this particular siren will resonate fear within my soul, forever... Interesting what a sound or scent can do to your emotional state. Whooo... That sound....

[@ojtheprep]

lov theses things. I always eat outside and love hearing theses things ever 1st wed of every month.

[@Siren1000T1]

Siren starts at 1:26!

[@blun3d]

Siren Starts at 1:25 in case anyone was wondering

[@Rickatspeedoflight]

The Thunderbolt is incredibly loud in person. It's the loudest siren still in use. I once heard one in downtown Ft Smith Arkansas when it was tested. It's on top of the tallest building in town. It was very impressive.

[@RebeccaNec]

There a lot of amazing sounding thunderbolts in Ohio such as this one. My two favorites are Mt Airy Thunderbolt 1000-high pitched and the good old White Oaks Thunderbolt 1000T which I think a T-128 sits beside both of them. And don't forget the 5/6 Thunderbolt 1000T on Thompsons Rd.

[@C0atimundi]

I hear these things all the time, but they are always faint because I live far away from them. Still cool and sends a chill down your spine.

[@Cchrisbud813]

Ah. I've confused the two cities. See, I have several tornado documentaries, containing footage from both cities. Thanks for clearing that up.

[@tj136]

ya and you can check that by timing it as it rotates by and thats a 2 revolutions per minute. thats what rpm stands for its the rotation.

[@KineticsReborn]

I love torando sirens but another side of me finds them scary. the sound, the look of them..everything. and when you hear several tornado sirens mixing with eachother its even more creepy. and the sound of sirens starting up and stopping..its all scary to me. but i love them!

[@ammaclellan79]

Wish these sirens were still used here in Oklahoma. Will wake the heaviest sleepers compared to the scrawny whistle sirens today.

[@tylerpoletti9459]

Where I'm from we don't have sirens.

[@ammaclellan79]

Oh my! where do you live Tyler?

[@tylerpoletti9459]

ammaclellan79 Canada

[@ammaclellan79]

Me too. Nova Scotia born. Now living in tornado alley.

[@tylerpoletti9459]

ammaclellan79 Must be fun when they come around!

[@BellyJae]

Is this Centerville??

[@USARMYE5]

i love tornado sirens! they r awesome!

[@kagome122885]

The Thunderbolt is the siren in this video. It was produced by Federal Signal from 1952 to around 1990. This is a dual tone version, and to many, it has a real bite to its tone. It is also my favorite siren of all time due to its tone.

[@sonick808]

LOVE the sound of thunderbolt. Eerie but so cool. Sounds like a major third between tones ? (probably slightly detuned to resonate...)

[@sentry40V2T]

there is still one thunderbolt left at fire station #7 at elgin and austin st. in houston , but they dont use or test it anymore.

[@gaff2006]

AZ has test sites and AF Bases, these are targets. I lived near a SAC base and a TFW base as a kid, every other Friday sirens were tested arougn lunch.

[@megs905]

RIP THUNDERBOLTS :( I MISS THOSE

[@Timbrock1000]

In Jefferson County, CO., they removed all their tornado sirens due to budget cuts in 200. In 2007, an F-1 tornado struck the area, and there was no siren to warn people. 4 people killed.

[@J19_vlogger74]

WHAT THE HELL? removed for budget cuts? it costs more to take them down than it does to repair them

[@Decimator92]

The majority of tornado sirens in Enid, OK are thunderbolts 1000Ts. 17 out of 19 are thunderbolts I think.

[@RoseImmortal]

Oh man, I used to have one of these beasts a block from my house. First time I heard it, it practically blew me out of my bed in the middle of the night!

[@schomminater]

That is exactly like the ones we had on top of our schools before they replaced them in about 2000 or so. I only lived a block away from the school and you definatly knew when that thing went off. Too bad they replaced them with cheap sounding new ones and put them in different places.

[@PGMEagle]

I love the fact that you can here other t-bolts shutting off after this one does

[@crzy4MAC12]

man, this thunderbolt siren reminds of the ones in massillon!

[@sirenfreak57]

All of these sirens were replaced with Federal Signal 2001-130 sirens in 2009 as part of the upgrade to battery-backed sirens that Washington Township did.

[@J19_vlogger74]

[Mad crying face]

[@gajda1984]

yes they do. that is a trademark of this model.

[@undertakeredgar]

in my city they test the tornado sirens every saturday noon and it does matter if their is a little storm they are not gonna test them

[@michaellink9634]

Have you seen any siren graveyards with thunderbolt sirens anywhere in Ohio?

[@J19_vlogger74]

MI and AZ

[@BellyJae]

Hehe I dance in Centerville right off of Paragon Ave. I've always wondered what sirens Washington Township had, now i know :)

[@jibarito26]

While visiting my aunt last summer in Memphis, one of this went off, I was like... wtf is that!?!?!?!?! Then she told me it's a siren test, which ocurrs EVERY sunday. (I live in Puerto Rico and we don't have those, that's why) PS. I want that sound as my cellphone ringtone, lol.

[@sentry40V2T]

there is still one thunderbolt left in houston but its in very poor condition on the inside ,but it still looks fair on the outside. they don't test or use it anymore ,and are thinking about taking it down

[@tdbf2142]

omfg, i heard one of these for real back in St. Louis during a bad storm. :O

[@Superdupercheese11]

Same way In canada, watch all the eastern provinces have tornadoes while we are homefree!

[@Worces2000]

I like the winddown on this siren, I don't think there's any othersiren that can compete with that.

[@kylex102]

hey im from chicopee:) and yeah i only know of three sirens in springfield and there all allertors. theres one on top of a fire station along roosevelt ave, one on a building in downtown near the rmv, and one off of page blvd near the k of c. What schools are these thunderbolts located on and are they still there?

[@4J25]

Actually, it is in perfectly good shape, better than most Thunderbolt 1000T's.

[@qssneaky]

haha ya...For those that can't wait, it begins at 1:26

[@SouthernRailfan]

Great video. Good soinding siren.

[@thecompanycar]

The windup is sooo spooky on that thing!

[@luvthoseclips]

when I visited NYC in 1996 someone told me that the sirens are no longer working & they don't get tested......well, what happened when they were needed for 9-1-1?

[@mariaD9]

what do you mean the thonderbolt will be back in to production is it truethonderbolt's are comming back?

[@tyttuut]

@loryr405 normally, they don't. i thought. at least here in cincinnati. i think.

[@AeroSpaceBoy130]

they warn you of the two worst things tornados and nukes, but i like tornados, but only when they dont destroy lives and property, they are beatiful creatures in the middle of nowhere

[@megs905]

At least this one sounds really good and healthy

[@yellowgroove]

I am putting 3 of those on top of my truck, next time i am in a traffic jam i will let em rip!!! or better yet, cruise on over to the golf course and wait for someone to start their swing and set all 3 off at once!!

[@haskelman]

Its supposed to sound like that because its suppose to alarm people to get up and take cover the why it does thee noise

[@Timbrock1000]

Arvada, CO. USED to have these tornado sirens. but they took them down in 2001 and no longer have ANY way of warning the public of impending tornado's or emergency. Why did they get rid of the sirens you ask? Because they thought these sirens and their maintance & upkeep was a waste of tax dollars. Last year, a fluke storm caused a tornado in the Arvada/ Wheat Ridge area. Considerable damage and 2 lives lost! They might still be alive today if it weren't for cheap-skate Arvada!!

[@gaff2006]

I'm in Mass so we don't use these as tornado warnings, as other states need to.

[@amtrak3501]

where exactly is this thunderbolt located? address or intersection?

[@tsiren918sirensofoklahomas4]

Thunderbolt 1000t Siren Dual Tone Chopper

[@Train2589]

@coronamuthafucka123 i agree. to many ppl complain because they cant wait. We waited untill it would sound to film and missed the wind up and got it about 5-7 seconds into the 30 second one turn test.

[@Havok116]

Just to help people save time, the sirens start at 1:25 of the video...

[@michaellink9634]

do u know where they're at or where they can b purchased?

[@ItsAllTrue]

Well that's a creepy sound. In Canada we don't hear those often.

[@kurnellampdwarf]

I LOVE WATCHING 90 SECONDS OF CAMERA SHAKE

[@TheMedicOfficer]

These are the sirens in Wichita Kansas

[@ThunderboltOverkill]

can confirm sorry to reply to a 9 year old comment, figured I'd say we still have quite a few as of 2022 :)

[@loryr405]

i thought they didnt test sirens on overcast days.

[@dlpilotz]

is that siren still there

[@lilaj34siren]

am i seeng hi r does the rotator reverse

[@MichiganCSX622]

very nice!

[@joshuaeckberg6675]

after this 1000T stops you can hear another one

[@Cchrisbud813]

Sounds exactly like the one in Wichita Falls, Kansas.

[@Beardy-plays]

yeah thanks man

[@mariahhaarstick591]

Awesome

[@ciscokitty8]

the siren starts at 1:26

[@dennyfrontier]

Why do the two highest rated comments say the same thing?

[@shay6shay]

OMG here it gose again

[@michaellink9634]

R they replacing this siren?

[@ClayRanger143]

Is this Thunderbolt still up after 10 years of this video being posted?

[@Spencerlovestrains25]

All the Thunderbolts in Montgomery County are either offline, or removed. They were all replaced

[@brucesrandomlife2951]

No. The Siren Got Replaced With a Federal Signal 2001-130

[@michaellink9634]

is this siren still up?

[@brucesrandomlife2951]

No. It got replaced with a 2001-130

[@RockerBoy4857]

Thank you. :)

[@Andi33344]

@ajdolphin28 There isn to hear any Thunder so it can be a real Warning but i waS thinking at beginning the same like u at the beginning

[@RainJetSprinklers]

siren starts at 1:25

[@michaellink9634]

Do they let you have any?

[@NikkiWrightVGM]

@melizzamelizza Pikachu's second strongest attack

[@harrypooter00]

@Landotter1 ikr

[@Blue10AEMia]

Who are you talking too, me or the elevator kid?

[@russelD9]

how meany thonderbolt's are in your counte

[@renaeaz76]

huh....I thought they weren't supposed to be tested on a cloudy day? lol anyways good video!

[@bait28]

you mean wail?

[@sirenboy97]

sounds better than an ati

[@jeffrex67]

my schoolhave that tornado siren!!!!!!!!!

[@rnbsteenstar]

Whoo, it's a noisy siren, jeez!

[@mitko321]

Wow sounds so freaky and scary.

[@NickSilcox3]

you can go go walley world and buy a tripod for $10 trust me, its good

[@vynlovespie98]

i live in ohio and montgomery township and their loaud

[@robertoF90]

I was in Mexico and my cousin out a song names like repressing a the women and at the beggining there's a siren and I thought there was a hurricane

[@woofwoof5490]

PEOPLE PEOPLE DONT EVER TO A TORNADO SIREN TEST WHEN IT IS CLOUDY PEOPLE WILL GO NUTS!

[@IamSaralinka]

word!

[@jakelamb3676]

These high-tech annoying sirens save lives even though there annoying and scary.

[@jeffreyz4632]

They aren't annoying! The a music to my ears:D

[@mikexander2003]

True i am used to these because my moms friend works for a fire co I know its not the same but I hear loud sirens every day

[@Creeperboy099]

say that to the whole siren enthusiast community u beach plus this isn't high tech, it was from the cold war idiot

[@Creeperboy099]

oh I didn't read the saving lives part, sorry

[@jakelamb3676]

I would take you seriously but you did call me a beach. Im not taking "creeperboy" seriously. You just made my day.

[@offspringfan89]

always reminds me of silent hill 2 siren

[@melizzamelizza]

what's a thunderbolt?

[@rnbsteenstar]

That's true.

[@RadioactiveKat22]

uh this sounds like a 1003 but whateves

[@BeautifulMelody121]

1:26 is when it starts :)

[@lovernothater1994]

i had the tornado alarm at school and all the girls scream boys said YAY YAY i went home i mean my hous was across the stereet and i thounght ehh wat the heck and last when i heard this siren i said choooo chooooooo

[@megs905]

@homerboy12345 we have a Model 5 siren near my town of Niagara Falls ON, man they sounds good but scary shit! lol! I rather have a thunderbolt because they were loud and they mean HIDE!!