My 2001-130 Tornado Siren, Attack (Take Cover) Activations for Tornado Warning - Greer, SC 11/30/16
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This happened in the afternoon on November 30, 2016 in Greer, South Carolina. This is a video of my 2001-130 tornado siren sounding attack ("take cover") twice for the tornado warning.
I did not expect my place to be issued a tornado warning! I rushed fast as I could with my father's John Deere Gator 4X2 to get to the 2001-130 tornado siren to sound it off for its first emergency! This siren sounded for about 2 minutes. Sorry for the short video clips on the first activation. My father had camera issues and wasn't expecting me to sound the tornado siren. (My area never gets a tornado warning.)
The second tornado warning was half expected because how later it got (and I had a feeling it will). I originally expected another tornado warning to be issued at 5:00pm. But it was actually issued 7 minutes before 5:00pm. The video camera was luckily ready 2 minutes before the second tornado warning was issued. I rushed to the tornado siren again to sound it off. But I didn't mean to sound the tornado siren for over 4 minutes.
The camera videoed the 2001-130 tornado siren 2nd activation in distance and also videoed the best part of the severe thunderstorm. But I apologize for the video camera refocusing at a lot of parts, it was dark from the dark clouds, very rainy, and very windy (hard to tell it's windy, the camera has a windproof installed). My father is the person operating the cameras from the yard and the house.
I was outside operating the 2001-130 tornado siren in the bad severe thunderstorm during a tornado warning. The 2001-130 is in the woods. It's not safe for a siren operator to be outside operating the siren, especially in a tornado warning. I was manually operating the tornado siren in attack (take cover) mode. The 2001-130 does not have radio/remote set up. The controller itself is bad. (We installed light switches to make 2001-130 operate and I'm hoping to get Bluetooth light switches to install to the siren's current light switches.)
This 2001-130 was manufactured by Federal Signal and can produce 130dbs at 100 feet. The 2001-130 is still in market today. This 2001-130 was running only on battery mode during these sounds offs. 2001-130s run on four 12 volt deep cycle batteries ('but this siren is running on expensive wide 12 volt car batteries instead of deep cycle batteries').
A tornado was reported (during the middle of the 2001-130 2nd activation) in southeast of Reidville (tornado was about 5 miles away from where my area). The tornado is rated EF0 (approximately 45mph winds).
5 confirmed nearby neighbors heard the tornado siren. Supposedly around 20 neighbors heard the tornado siren.
A day later after this event, my mother received an email from an art teacher (lives half a mile away from 2001-130) said "Thanks for the siren!". The art teacher first heard the 2001-130 during the time she was drawing in her kitchen (I'm assuming the tornado siren 2nd sound off)! She then took action by checking the weather radio, then unplugged everything in the house and locked the house. (She only heard the warning by my 2001-130!) It was awesome! But that doesn't mean tornado/outdoor warning sirens are made to be heard indoors.
"Any sirens near you?" Yes, I live in Spartanburg County that has a emergency siren system. The nearest to me is the Whelen Vortex at Pelham-Batesville FD Station #4 (about 4 miles from where I live), but the bad news about that Vortex is has a broken rotator and is pointing north (away from where I live) at the same direction for years and I can't hear that Vortex. The county is not fixing the Vortex's rotator.
Another siren that is also closest near me is the Model 5 in Reidville, SC at former fire department. I couldn't hear it (siren is 5 miles away from where I live) due to trees. ('But one neighbor heard that Model 5 going off at the same time as my 2001-130 does!)
Spartanburg County siren system uses alert (steady) for tornado warnings only. But I use my 2001-130 in attack (wail) for tornado warnings (and possibly other emergencies) because the attack means to "take cover".
Cameras used for this video:
Nikon L310
iPhone 5S
JVC GZ-E200BU
iPhone SE
I normally test my 2001-130 approximately every Wednesday at noon.
Info how I obtained the 2001-130: • My New Federal Signal ...
2001-130 weekly test: • My Federal Signal 2001...
For other questions about this siren or about this video, comment and I can try to answer them back.
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Depending on the software and all that, you could setup a receiver in the cabinet and sound the siren using DTMF over Murs if the siren is close and you don't go over the wattage limit.
@SirensAndAlarmsOfNorthernIL
3 жыл бұрын
Or if you really want, you could fix it’s radio, get a Federal Signal SS2000 on eBay, and active it from your room with FSK. I think that would be cooler as I don’t know anyone who has an SS2000 hooked up to a siren
In my opinion tornado sirens should sound alert for only tornados and attack for Kim Jong un's psychopath ideas.
@MrScottie68
6 жыл бұрын
Agreed. Growing up in my area severe weather was a steady alert tone and the wavering attack tone meant to take cover and prepare for enemy nuclear attack. Fortunately we only heard this attack tone during testing!
@positionlightproductions6187
4 жыл бұрын
*North Korea has entered the server*
@Anzac1
3 жыл бұрын
Lol
@IHeartAGM
Жыл бұрын
Lmfao. 😂
When I lived at my moms the 130’s around my city went off by mistake 2 times and there is a 130 on my streets corner so extremely close, so it scared the living hell out of every One in my area.
About that model 5 in the description, the main reason you can’t hear it isn’t due to trees. It is mainly because the siren’s shroud is designed in a way that it shoots most of the sound downwards so that makes it very loud under it, but stupidly quiet 200 feet away
As a siren enthusiast, this is not scary. It just sounds very cool with Attack mode and the pitch raising up and down.
Our county has an Equinox 2001 and I've been near it when it goes off and you can feel the vibrations form the sound in your body. What was it like with the standard 2001?
Attack Mode was also used for air raid attacks
TrainsAndSirens1 can i ask you how and where you got it from,and what do you need and are required to have it and be legally able to set it off? and how/where do you take it if it needs repairs? and so you know,im from wisconsin,and theres a video on here somewhere showing theres a place in milwaukee wisconsin that builds these sirens so try searching it on here then if someone wants 1 and could legally get 1 and use it they can try getting it there
Honestly all I can say to you after seeing your video next to the siren is "owwwwwwwwwww" Standing literally up against a fully wound up 130 must have been deafining.
@supertyfon1736
3 жыл бұрын
His body could of bin sore from vibration alone.
@yeonjimin788
3 жыл бұрын
True!
@SirensAndAlarmsOfNorthernIL
3 жыл бұрын
He always has ear protection on
Nice!! I'm in Fairfield county and that warning upstate made me somewhat nervous. Thank goodness we did not have a tornado!
@TrainsAndSirens1
7 жыл бұрын
+Bad Drivers of South Carolina I still watch your videos.
@ColoradoDrivers
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks man. I still watch yours! :)
@marisahorton1976
6 жыл бұрын
TrainsAndSirens1 what's that red siren sitting next to those bushes sitting Model 5
do you still use that siren today?
If you get an LM058 bluetooth to serial adapter, those things run anywhere from 300 to 500 feet and I use them all the time to control things from my phone. So technically with a arduino hooked up to a LM058 and a high gain outdoor antenna, you can control the siren from your phone. Should make your life MUCH easier.
How is the siren powered? Is at on a transformer? And how much amps does it draw?
Where did you get it?
Wow! This was a very exiting video!! :O :D
i know this is weird but im looking for your sirens on google maps could you atleast tell me what street you live on?
I see a model 2 siren. did you made like a bird house?
this one must get looked after pretty well its loud and clear and good spot to put it to compared to the other sirens
1:18 that your model 2?
How do you handle being right in front of the horn of that?
@southernsteamproductions7745
Жыл бұрын
Ear-plugs probably.
how come aka why do you use attack for warning just asking
In possibility that you hear about a warning... do you get notified to turn on your siren or do you call someone??
@Tigers9596
7 жыл бұрын
He pays attention to the weather reports and warnings and decides himself whether to set it off or not.
Epic!
I bet you sounded this beast off for the TORs issued today...
Wow is this your first video sounding one of your sirens in a storm!?!?
@TrainsAndSirens1
7 жыл бұрын
+The Owl Fan Nope actually. But it's been a long time now.
@theowlfan9050
7 жыл бұрын
oh :/
Pretty neighborhood love those siren sounds
Depending how far out your 130 is from the house, bluetooth probably wont work, as bluetooth generally only works at distances up to 100ft
@TrainsAndSirens1
7 жыл бұрын
+JMAN123436 I know. I want to activate the 2001-130 from 10 feet away.
@JMANWiSS
7 жыл бұрын
TrainsAndSirens1 Oh
connect it to your local sirens network via radio
i reccomend putting the siren on a 20-30 meter pole so the whole/half the town can hear the siren
good job on the video
dou you have ear plugs ?
@TrainsAndSirens1
7 жыл бұрын
+Antnio Debono I wear ear protection.
why attack for a tornado warnign I thought that attack Is for missle threats and chemical threats
where do you live?
@TrainsAndSirens1
6 жыл бұрын
@kristoff willcox: Greer, SC.
nice firts time tests in a tornado warning :)
@Tigers9596
7 жыл бұрын
He wasn't testing it.
Have you thought about a talking one
do moore sc i live there
I never got to hear or see a tornado warning go off
@kansasstatealerting2424
3 жыл бұрын
I have, it is really spooky to hear the system going off while rain is pouring down.
nice vid 👍😆
6:55 must of bin painful you must of heard at least 165+ or 170 db that close
@ravensight1
4 жыл бұрын
There aren’t any tornado sirens that are as loud as that. As far as I know, the loudest siren is the Chrysler Victory Bell at about 130 decibels.
@kansasstatealerting2424
4 жыл бұрын
Boeing 737 MAX the 2001-130 produces 130 Decibels
@onefastslimjim
4 жыл бұрын
@@kansasstatealerting2424 yes, at 100 feet. He was a foot away from the horn, making it MUCH louder
@supertyfon1736
3 жыл бұрын
@@ravensight1 He was around a foot from the horn how ever the control boxes must of muffled the sound a little to maybe 150+
Good good very nice!
I was nervous
that 2001 siren sounds like creepy
10/10 Wow
i like the tornado siren attack make more vids
I would love to have any siren
How much for 1?
@bitchlasagna4720
6 жыл бұрын
prob 1,500
@HSETM
3 жыл бұрын
@GoodnightNoodles 1,500 might be the price for an ATI XD
Are u legally allowed to sound that off
@TrainsAndSirens1
6 жыл бұрын
@NWS storm chaser: Yes.
@ComputerTech95
6 жыл бұрын
TrainsAndSirens1 ok just wondering love your videos
@review11gamer
6 жыл бұрын
TrainsAndSirens1 one question. How are you legally allowed to
6:56 LOL
Red model 2
wow thats beastly lol
Or one of these
Nice 2001
I BET THE NEIGHBOURS LOVE YOU
@FA50PH
3 жыл бұрын
they do lol
Yo thats so creepy
Hi
I wish i had a whelen wps 2910
@kansasstatealerting2424
4 жыл бұрын
I don’t think those exist
@MinecraftPro97k
4 жыл бұрын
@@kansasstatealerting2424 They do. Wichita Falls Texas has them.
@kansasstatealerting2424
4 жыл бұрын
Oh
I want it
Those car batteries last a long time lol
@umbrefawx
7 жыл бұрын
When equipped with proper deep cycle batteries. They can give up to 90 minutes of operation at standard duty cycle.
@Blue10AEMia
7 жыл бұрын
90 minutes? 30 is about all you can get. Duty cycle is only 15.
@Blue10AEMia
7 жыл бұрын
Federal Thunderbolt they usually go dead after 15 minutes continuous operation. The 72 volt sentry sirens can go for 30 minutes.
@Blue10AEMia
7 жыл бұрын
Federal Thunderbolt these sirens won't run off 480. 208-240 single phase.
Great video but let me give you a little advice if your willing to hear me out. Do not ever use car batteries even if they are wide ones for cycle use. It will destroy the lead plates in them. Deep cycle batteries as you know are what are intended to power the siren is what should be used. They have thicker plates and are designed to provide moderate to high currents for extended periods of time. (Like the 100-110amps the chopper motor requires to operate.) Car batteries are not designed to be cycled, but to give high current for short periods of time to start the car. If this is all you have to power the siren, I understand it better then nothing but if they are good and expensive car batteries, that siren is gonna ruin them in about 20-30 charge/discharge cycles. (If your lucky.) Same reason you shouldn't run power inverters on car batteries without the engine running, the plates will start to desolve if you cycle them too much.
@Blue10AEMia
7 жыл бұрын
He's been using those old car batteries ever since he got that siren, and they are holding up pretty good. They were not new to begin with.
@umbrefawx
7 жыл бұрын
yeah I meant 30 minutes. I was tired when in posted that. Thanks for the correction.
Imagine if you were living in London in 1940 and this went off
@tonybarde2572
7 жыл бұрын
***** It's just a joke because this sounds similar
@tonybarde2572
7 жыл бұрын
***** The air raid sirens
@kennwhite5350
7 жыл бұрын
Hunter of Beasts Better yet, Dresden, Germany
@tonybarde2572
7 жыл бұрын
Ok
6:55 when trump literally does anything