Tornado sirens in PRP, Louisville, KY, 01-30-2013

[@bkriegel95]

Nothing like waking up at 4AM to a whole bunch of Thunderbolts going off for a tornado warning.

[@EastDetroitMusic-Sirens3000A]

It's one of the things I've always imagined when still used to live by Harper Woods

[@OwenLenzmeierOrganist]

That actually happened to me once. One dark night in July of 2018, the forecast called for rain or mild thunderstorms. The storm that was expected to be mild suddenly and quickly grew in size and strength without warning, right as it was about to enter our county. This caught the National Weather service off guard. A Severe Thunderstorm Warning was quickly issued, but the fast-moving storm had already entered our county by the time the warning went out. Due to the lack of advance notice, one town in our county woke up to 90 mile per hour sustained winds. After being informed of the high winds by the town fire chief, our county EMS decided to activate all sirens in the county around 4:00 AM to warn everyone else of the incoming storm. When the sirens activated, the storm was only three minutes away from the house I lived in at the time. No damage was suffered in my town because the storm turned at the last second, but it was still a very frightening experience. Making the siren activation more frightening is the fact that my town has a 1000T on chopper level 7. It is very close to my old house, and it was pointed directly at my bedroom when it activated. Let's just say that it jolted me out of bed! That night is still very fresh in my mind, and it is one that I will never forget for as long as I live. Just hearing the first Thunderbolt activate in this video brings back memories of that night.

[@misswiftlore]

typical louisville antics

[@misswiftlore]

i love this ambiance a lot. it's scarily calming.

[@-zgizmo224-5]

Fr I sleep to it every night lmao, I live in Louisville and we used to have a lot of bolts it reminds me of my childhood I miss my bolts

[@JustMe-oo3wm]

Me too. It creeps me out but I also love it! Maybe I'm strange?

[@-zgizmo224-5]

On this night 10 years ago… By far my favorite ambience on KZbin, I hope this video is here forever I often come back to use it to sleep. Most of, if not all of these sirens are still here in fact a lot of the Jefferson county system has held up well

[@J19_vlogger74]

I use it to sleep to.

[@mikeray7234]

no problem, and its nice with this black screen because it has just enough light to act like a night light on my ipod, i love listening to this at night and falling asleep to it, its beautiful, thank you for such nice audio and videos

[@donnielee8556]

Me too! Bets sound to fall asleep to, and maybe a tornado lucid dream. Love those dreams and the siren noise really helps encourage them

[@J19_vlogger74]

I do the same thing. There's a musical aspect to them.

[@LouisvilleTorn8o]

Update: The NWS has confirmed that an EF0 tornado did cross over from Harison County, IN into Jefferson County, KY. It did more damage in Indiana than it did here.

[@matttipton1270]

unfortunately where I live there is no tornado sirens where I live but I'd like to see 1 in person

[@caseypromise]

its actually rather soothing....

[@joshuawitte573]

That thunderbolt 1000At is powerful.

[@SETX_Sirens_and_Rail_02]

The PRP VFD Thunderbolt got replaced and now the head is on Olmsted Academy North

[@joshuawitte573]

What siren is there now?

[@SETX_Sirens_and_Rail_02]

@@joshuawitte573 A 2001-130

[@LouisvilleTorn8o]

The Whelen apparently does sound for tornado warnings, but I've never heard it sound during a warning myself because the wind usually doesn't blow from that direction until we're on the back side of the storm. The Whelen does Whoop for plant emergencies, but I'm not sure what the tornado warning signal is. It could be fast wail though, because they tested it in fast wail last month. They also use air horn as a fire signal.

[@Roz-90]

Beautiful!

[@dragoonslayer54]

I think the wind up and wind down of a tornado siren is the creepiest part of them going off but I agree nothing but sound it is kinda peaceful great vid man be safe

[@AndersonHobbyBoy]

Imagine hearing that at 3 o’clock in the morning

[@LouisvilleTorn8o]

I knew the weather was going to get bad, so I stayed up until the storms passed. This recording is from my grandpa's back porch, and I had him put the mic on the porch and let the recorder run all night. I was safe in the basement at my dad's, and my grandpa didn't go outside during the storms.

[@codygoodman2860]

You know that my birthday was 1 days before the tornado came Jan 30 2013

[@codygoodman2860]

Hey

[@JustMe-oo3wm]

The sirens creep me out, but I also love them! Is that strange? 🤪

[@VArailfan89]

I know it's scary because it's a tornado warning but those things actually sound really pretty!

[@mikeperdomo2108]

Cool😎 Siren Ambiance I Love The Federal Signal Thunderbolt 100T And The Federal Signal 3T22 Also The Federal Signal 2001-130

[@blmessenger]

I LIVE IN LOUIVILLE

[@donnielee8556]

I really need Louisville to let me hear some sirens soon. This severe weather season this year is killing me haha

[@LouisvilleTorn8o]

Thank you! His comment was so childish I didn't even bother replying to it. Like you said, he should have read the video description before commenting.

[@garyhstorms10]

How did you wake up from sleep before 4 AM i cant imangine waking up at that early hour uless i was living right by one of those

[@garyhstorms10]

Does the Whelen also sound for Tornado Warnings too and yes it would be very confusing if anybody lived near that Whelen to hear it go off for a All Clear has there been any complaints or confusion about it and would the policy change for that siren anytime soon

[@lorilynn9774]

wake up wake up there is a tornato out there wake up

[@kevorth10]

what chopper level is the louder thunderbolt 1000 T on

[@TheSleepyMechanic0524]

Level 5. The low toned one is on Level 2

[@Xyaena]

Can I know exact times of each siren activation?

[@donnielee8556]

I love that sound! Do you chase? Its so hard to find a chase buddy. Thanks for the vid

[@SimonTheJoey]

We just got a tornado warning (:

[@vernonpetty1482]

federal signal thunderbolt=stuff just got real

[@leandrocartes534]

si escuchas este sonido orrible por que un tornado se aserca

[@leandrocartes534]

yo bi una sirena anti tornado

[@leandrocartes534]

wata fuk

[@leandrocartes534]

tornado sirenas

[@leandrocartes534]

mui loco si lo escuchas

[@leandrocartes534]

en chile bi una sirena anti sunami

[@leandrocartes534]

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