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  2. File:Federal Signal RSH-10 Thunderbeam video.ogv - Wikipedia

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    Federal_Signal_RSH-10_Thunderbeam_video.ogv (Ogg multiplexed audio/video file, Theora/Vorbis, length 9 min 44 s, 720 × 480 pixels, 360 kbps overall, file size: 25.05 MB) This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons .

  3. Federal Signal Modulator - Wikipedia

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    The Modulators in Chicago's siren system formerly used to run on the Alternate Wail tone during tornado warnings in order to vary from emergency vehicle sirens. However, in O'Hare International Airport, instead of using the main UV Wail or Attack, they use an Eclipse 8 (possibly) sound card doing attack. Before that is the Westminster Chimes ...

  4. Civil defense siren - Wikipedia

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    Sound sample ⓘ A civil defense siren is a siren used to provide an emergency population warning to the general population of approaching danger. Initially designed to warn city dwellers of air raids (air-raid sirens) during World War II, they were later used to warn of nuclear attack and natural disasters, such as tornadoes (tornado sirens).

  5. Warning sirens sound as multiple tornadoes touch down near ...

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    Warning sirens could be heard ringing out in downtown Chicago as multiple tornadoes touched down close to the city on Wednesday 12 July. The eerie sound could be heard in footage posted by Twitter ...

  6. Tennessee tornado sirens failed to sound in storm that ... - AOL

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    It’s not the first time the state’s tornado siren system hasn’t worked properly. In 2019, a drop in radio signal caused Nashville’s tornado warning system to repeat a siren cycle.

  7. Siren (alarm) - Wikipedia

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    In a pneumatic siren, the stator is the part which cuts off and reopens air as rotating blades of a chopper move past the port holes of the stator, generating sound. The pitch of the siren's sound is a function of the speed of the rotor and the number of holes in the stator. A siren with only one row of ports is called a single tone siren.

  8. Tornado Sirens Sound Amid Severe Weather in Wisconsin - AOL

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    Tornado sirens sounded in New Berlin, Wisconsin, on Wednesday, October 12, according to the New Berlin Fire Department.The National Weather Service issued tornado warnings for parts of eastern ...

  9. List of sirens built by Alerting Communicators of America

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    This siren is similar to Federal Signal's Thunderbolt series. Only a single unit remains in service in Milwaukee, WI. Screamers Electro-Mechanical 2, 5, 7.5, 10 8, 9, 9/12, 10/12 1968–1994 Omni Directional 102–115 dB at 100 ft. Series of small vertical sirens, comparable to Federal Signal Corporation's vertical sirens. Sentry 95