Whelen Vortex R4, Full Attack/Wail: Martinsville, IN (Morgan Co. Tornado Siren Test, HD)
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Copyright 2017, Brandon Mendel (Please use with permission).
Originally Recorded 7/28/2017
Over the summer I tried something different and drove up to Morgan County. Unlike surrounding areas, Morgan tests the last Friday of the month instead of the first. I was here back in March, but the siren on the south part of town failed. Doubting it was fixed, I instead drove to the city park. Not to mention, the environment was quieter. No major highways in sight. Maybe just a couple people walking their dogs. That was it.
Once 11AM hit, the sirens closer in town went off for a full cycle of attack/wail. This one, silent. How frustrating, and a waste of gas. I was going to get the drone out, but I felt that it was going to ruin the ambience; the only usable footage I'd get...or so I thought. Just as the sirens in town shut off, I decided to start shutting down. As I was just about to hit stop, I heard something faint come from my scanner and then the siren went off and I jumped like maybe ten feet or more. I also learned there's other Whelen's activated on this separate system. Seems like they were coming from the east. I'll need to find those soon!
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The echo's on this siren. That's amazing!!
UPDATE 5/22/18: This siren has been replaced with a 2904
@DSRX100
6 жыл бұрын
Apparently their Vortexes were having some issues. I know for a fact one was not working a few months prior to recording this one.
@George_M55729
6 жыл бұрын
Will you head up to re-record it then?
@marletteduo
5 жыл бұрын
This siren has a very powerful voice. It’s a shame it had to be replaced. BY ANOTHER WHELEN!?!?
@niks_crazy_world
5 жыл бұрын
Jb Bender cut it out.
@SouthGeorgiaSirens
5 жыл бұрын
Why? it seems to be louder than a 2904 and it sounds really healthy too.
It's superb that it rotates in both directions
This dude sacrifices his ears for this KZread channel. What a rebel...
That siren has a nice sound!
@HSETM
6 ай бұрын
I like the sounds of the Digital E/ESC-864, especially on wail.
If Oxnard mayor allowed me a siren like this I’ll go get for every test day ;)
Our town has the same company, but it's an wps-4004
@wolfmaster873
6 жыл бұрын
In gatlinburg tn, they had a whelen wps 4004, kinda like the whelen vortex, it was probably burned by the wildfires and was replaced with a federal signal modulator 5020
@Mixymu
3 жыл бұрын
That's close enough, they look and sound almost identical.
@Firealarms1612
Жыл бұрын
@@wolfmaster873 I’ve been to gatlenberg before and I saw a federal signal modulator there
I like the echo on this siren! Amazing Sounding!!
I heard that siren yesterday in Fort Worth Texas. 3 tornadoes
@as-guardianangel9360
5 жыл бұрын
Austin Jenkins I know, I live in the Area too and I witnessed these sirens to. I was so scared
@centralcontroller6483
5 жыл бұрын
Yeah scary times
Sounds like it's got a lot of torque to it.
For some odd reason that siren sounds like elmo in my opinion
I love whelen’s wail
It sounds cool i like these sirens
Damn that thing is LOUD ! :D
Could I use this sound for a Scratch project?
Woooo finally a town with my name in it :D
Sounds epic! 4004s are loud. Sounds like this packed a punch
@dylanjb4065
2 жыл бұрын
This ain’t a 4004, this is a Vortex R4
@SirensAndAlarmsOfNorthernIL
2 жыл бұрын
@@dylanjb4065 I am used to calling these 4004s lmao. Idk why I did that. But they’re literally the same thing, only the 4004 can do voice and the vortex can’t
@doge4798
Жыл бұрын
@@dylanjb4065 they r the same
@doge4798
Жыл бұрын
@@dylanjb4065 its a whelen VWPS 4004
@HSETM
Жыл бұрын
@@dylanjb4065 Nonetheless 4004s pack a punch too.
how the hell is the echo so loud??
0:07 Hold on mike I got a call on another line. *switches to line 2* 😭😭
Can I borrow this video so I can use it for my channel?
Damn! That echo!
Great job
If sirens are working just fine, why replace them
0:39 starts 3:44 shut down
@stephensnell1379
3 жыл бұрын
If you listen carefully at 3:44 in the video the siren receives the deactivation tone telling it to shut down and stop
Where is
Can anyone tell me if you know what numbers the dtmf activations use?
the echo scared me lol
Was the other siren that failed another Vortex?
@DSRX100
5 жыл бұрын
Yes.
Amazing 🤩
Where was the attack signal?
@HSETM
Жыл бұрын
That is the attack signal you're hearing(Please, people who consider fast wail as attack, stfu). Usually, wail is considered attack. Fast wail is its own separate thing.
How close did those other sirens sound? I know of 2 east of Martinsville but they aren’t very close. There’s also 2 north of town as well
@DSRX100
6 жыл бұрын
I want to say a mile or so. I know of a couple that direction too, but they're too far away. Where are the sirens north of town located?
@squiddy7863
6 жыл бұрын
DSRX100 here’s what I have. Whelen’s are grey: www.dropbox.com/s/jk924s96u86phth/File%20Nov%2009%2C%202%2001%2001%20PM.png?dl=0
@DSRX100
6 жыл бұрын
The closest one I can think of was Painted Hills Lake, but it sounded like it was coming from a more easterly direction. I guess it's something that's very new. I'll check it out.
@squiddy7863
6 жыл бұрын
Let me know what you find out! I emailed the EMA director asking about sirens in the county but he's reluctant to share that info with me unless I go meet him in person. Doesn't seem that he actually wants to meet with me because he's not willing to flex his schedule for me to make the hour drive down there during the work week.
@DSRX100
6 жыл бұрын
That's interesting. Especially because Monroe Co, to the south, lists all their locations online and here it's a secret, like it's classified or something. I'll probably drive around there next time I'm in the area and see what I can find. How many sirens are on your map? Matt sent me a spreadsheet years ago, but I think it's outdated now.
Holy reverb
Attack on Whelen sirens is fast wail
Where was the siren
@DSRX100
6 жыл бұрын
Martinsville City Park, which is north of town.
@radiosnmore1225
6 жыл бұрын
DSRX100 okay
I have one of these a few minutes away
How loud is this thing?
@DSRX100
6 жыл бұрын
Wasn't bad, it's definitely an R4. But it's not the loudest thing I've done.
@bkrbyex4339
6 жыл бұрын
DSRX100 sounds more like a cop's car siren.
@ilikecookies1787
6 жыл бұрын
Loud one time there was a siren next to are house and it was this whelen vortex
@ghosttoast8505
5 жыл бұрын
My town has the same sirens, there's one right next to my house and it's loud enough to wake me out of a stone cold sleep.
@midlandthewolf7530
4 жыл бұрын
I think Odenville Alabama has one but the ema says it don't work but i think it was working in 2011
0:40 it sounded like a fire truck
No wps 4004 is Vortex r4 You know
Silly Vortex, it thinks it's a fire truck.
Your friend from a small community and your friend from Marion county.
@kaitlynhanson1434
10 ай бұрын
People who do plays make their snow cone syrup to do a play about a snow princess.
@kaitlynhanson1434
10 ай бұрын
They do.
No is wps 4004 is Vortex r4
It is so super awesome you know I been seeing echoes inside the voice of wheel and tornado siren named Whelan I think that's Whelan's cousin right there he is waiting on alert to go off I have an echo inside my voice when I go in the other room my echo would be so superb but anyways next Friday there will be a lockdown drill and we always practice drills every single task every task we do is like fire drills lockdown drills Intruder drills and the third one is related arts and every world has to do every single work on your computer when they have to stop when they're doing there's going to be a game but guess what I'm going to a new work I am going to Dorman on October the 5th and I will miss you guys in November I think there is going to be a pet turkey next Friday November the 5th and end of October we will be and oh yes Whelan is right there there it is trying to see that's amazing!!
That echo tho...
The ECHO!!!
My city has one
No is Vortex r4
Sounds like a fire truck.
@alan_urmjoserangel6947
3 жыл бұрын
I know
@alan_urmjoserangel6947
3 жыл бұрын
But way louder
I have the ones in Aubrey for me. Samantha Alexis & Mia. Kaitlyn Hanson
@kaitlynhanson1434
Жыл бұрын
I created Aubrey I have the ones for me Samantha Alexis & Mia.
@kaitlynhanson1434
Жыл бұрын
Their 6 in kindergarten.
People who do plays use their snow cone syrup to do a play about a snow princess.
No
😅
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