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Here is also a video with all the sounds/modes The Modulator can make (this one is a clean recording without reverb, i think Chicago uses the one at 0:49 or 1:22 now). If anyone want to learn more about tornado sirens, here’s a nice video explaining them.
They are indeed Tornado Sirens. They sound when a Tornado WARNING is issued. Instead of recording them, you should immediately seek shelter to an interior portion of your home, or a basement. Avoid windows, cover your head and turn on your weather alert radio for further instructions. OR.... You could simply sit there and record your impending ...
Dane County seems to be a little trigger happy with Tornado warnings getting issued and sirens for areas that aren't necessarily going to get more than a severe T-storm. Talk to folks who've worked in media and they'll tell you weather always gets eyes, especially when sports aren't at the peak for an event on a day.
About 8 years ago my county replaced those sirens with ones that just go “EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE”. They have a voice alert system with it, but it hasn’t been used. Totally lame. I was spotting in another county whose tornado sirens went “EEEEEEEEEEEE TORNADO WARNING TORNADO WARNING EEEEEEEEEEE”. More impressive, but still lame.
It sounds like it's raining, so I doubt it's a test. You can still be in the tornado warning polygon and have virtually no risk of getting hit by a tornado as long as you're near the long edges, or it could be that all the sirens in a given jurisdiction go off of any part of it extends into the polygon.
I almost sounds like an effect of multiple towers, but maybe this is just how tornado sirens sound in Chicago. In MI they are just loud sirens that emit a steady sound. A bit like air raid but without the dips until the end.
Iirc, tornado is a 2tone siren (sounds kinda wobbly) where fire is a single tone (more steady in comparison). They generally won't use the fire siren if there is inclement weather in order to not confuse people. Most weather apps will also tell you if you are in a tornado warning/watch which can help confirm if you're unsure.
LoL People see news footage and videos like this and have always heard..."A tornado sounds like a train", then start associating the tornado siren sound as the sound of the tornado, because, it sounds like a train horn, when actually it's the roar/rumble of the tornado that sounds like a train.
I have a coworker who just moved here from Texas, and I explained to him that every Wed at Noon, to expect to hear the siren. He says to me "Man, if there was ever a tornado, at noon on a Wednesday, you guys would be screwed". I couldn't help but laugh, that has been an ongoing joke for years.
Sounds pretty straight forward to me, however I may already be well-conditioned having grown up in Oklahoma. Lots of places use a color gradient of yellow to red for watch and warning. The worst possible thing to have when there is a possibility of a tornado is poor communication.