Tornado Warning High Above Downtown Chicago

[oueenjesscia]

ahh so scary r u on the baconly ahhh

[123456789hurricane]

I remember that day.. I was in the building right in front of you on the 34th floor.. My lil cuz said the sky was going to fall.. And at the end i could hear all those car horns.. dem ppl must have been saying... Yo player.. left my kids at the stadium

[shekiniahglory]

I didn't know we had any of these sirens up north. If Chicago's got it R.I. must have it....

[Love13Makeup]

Damn Nature, You Scary!!! XD

[snowboardingparkclip]

Nuke incoming

[doverpoint1]

Did a tornado touch down?

[DosEquisGuy3]

We hear this december 21st

[dasbooterror]

And New Orleans is mostly below sea level, surrounded by water on three sides. Great Idea.

[blitzyouonthebed]

Yea,let's build a big city in a place where tornados occur.Great idea.

[DDInspiration123]

@blitzyouonthebed And New York is were Hurricanes occur. Great Idea.

[Metallocity]

@DDInspiration123 lol what? no they don't... most of them form off of the coast of africa. new york rarely ever sees a hurricane. the gulf coast gets most of them.

[BKerryFTW]

@blitzyouonthebed Not to mention Los Angeles on the fault.

[DDInspiration123]

@blitzyouonthebed Tornados happen more in Dallas Texas (a smaller city but still big) then Chicago.

[sergyboy1]

when this happended

[sirenlover100]

O_O (immeadiatly start's humming 'It's the end of the world as we know it (and I feel fine)'

[Cton88]

Thats how it sounded all day down here in Alabama. April 27th.

[TheCrayonMan529]

sounds like if there would be a nuclear bomb about to hit

[sergyboy1]

ohhh

[ramalcr1]

i'll never be able to sleep again.

[sergyboy1]

@megahowdude ?

[sergyboy1]

i dont see a tornado

[MegaHowdoudo]

tornado WARNING

[TheJackOfAllTradez1]

@sergyboy1 They sound sirens when the chances are high for a tornado, before it hits the ground, not all the time does that happen, but it's for safety for civilians.

[sergyboy1]

sears tower

[dajcastleberry]

@sonnystaystrong Terrorism, OR Big Foot will come to Chicago. I'm betting on Big Foot!

[ACAPenetrator50]

@sonnystaystrong Of course if you subtract your age from 2011 you'll get your birth year. Are you that dumb?

[mattclfc]

@sonnystaystrong I hope you've been locked up somewhere safe from society

[Petemonster62]

That does look like the characteristic " wall cloud " that a tornado typically descends from.

[GymnasticsGirls1234]

Trueeeeee

[shurka26]

warning siren from the world war 2

[tomalotube]

@shurka26 or just a siren. They all sound almost the same unless tweaked by a pro-accoustic guy or something.

[selgomezrocksblue]

No that was a long time ago I live there but I wasn't born yet but that was a long time ago but still poor people lol

[FutureiMacuser]

...Sounds like an air raid siren.

Chicago is fucked whenever you hear that. Either ICBM's are about to rain on you, or a tornado's about to rip you to bits. One or the other.

[GumGumHD]

omg what if a 3f5 hit chicago like that and destroyed every building that will suck ass

[ASYLUM227]

War every one seek shelter ASAP

[ND1003]

sounds alot like our system. we also have 2001-SRN/DCs

[kdogsminecraft]

lol at the Willis tower...Imagine this

willis:Foolish tornado I'm bigger than you

tornado:I HATE YOU..

SIREN:WEEEEEEOOOOOO

Tornado:You got lucky this time fools.

[chuckysdream]

Would be perfect in HD

[MrAlexo333]

I remember this! It was right in the middle of my kid's Catholic school football game!! And we had to call it off!

[AssassinRecruit]

This sound is scarier than the tornado itself

[CL137626]

THIS IS BASIC CIVIL DEFENSE......ATTACK WARNING SIGNAL... it's a thunderbolt 1000.

[spotandtiggerbug]

@CL137626 No. Chicago never had Thunderbolts, it had Allertors. Then 2001's, which are featured in this video. Now they have Modulators.

[CL137626]

@spotandtiggerbug I don't understand... a small city like the one i am in had a few thunderbolts, i wish chicago would get better sirens.

[spotandtiggerbug]

@CL137626 The 2001 DC's (I think they are DC's...) are in Attack in this video, the T-Bolt doesnt pitch this high. The sirens they have now are good for the city, and they produce a 126 dB sound, while T-Bolts were 125. Not really a good upgrade, but it works better because it is easily echo-able against the buildings. Many people say T-Bolts are awesome, but they require alot of work. A blower pipe, blower box, etc.

[CL137626]

@spotandtiggerbug Yeah, 2001s are good sirens, but back then they were more reliable and sturdy. Where i live it's nothing but 50s sirens, 3t22s, Thunderbolts, STH 10s, STL 10s, federal signal models 5-7, etc.

[spotandtiggerbug]

@CL137626 Some of them get very rusty though, and fail. Where I live, we have no sirens at all :(

[CL137626]

@spotandtiggerbug WOW. What do your firemen do than if there is a fire?

[spotandtiggerbug]

@CL137626 Well, theres about 4 stations here, one was built last year behind my neighborhood. Theres another one about a few blocks away from it, and that has a Darley Model 2 siren. I dont think its used, but im not sure...

[TheJamesmario]

@spotandtiggerbug i thought it sounded like a model 2.

[spotandtiggerbug]

@TheJamesmario ?

[cheerfootball18]

The sears tower is like oh yah I'm taller than all of u

[seekingelite]

Unreal! Great vid.

[xBunniesxX]

yea ok.... tornado in chicago hahahhehe

[suburbialshotss]

am i the only one who thought 15 sec mark it looked freknig epic

[bdott15]

I remember i was terrifyed i didn't go to school thats day and i was happy i didn't

[sirenlover100]

no tornado??

[sirenlover100]

OK "WHO" PRESSED THE BUTTON ON MY DESK!?!? >:(

[mike441445]

i use to live there WTF? i was young in 2006 -_- oh wait i was in texas im lucky :P

[GinghamSpaniels]

Nonsense---that wasn't the tornado siren, it was the sound of all the skyscrapers screaming!

[zillionz]

Man that sound echoing around the city is frighteningly eerie... that's what you will hear the world over an hour before the comet comes... and there'll be nobody left to hear it soon thereafter.

[jonasbrofan154]

I f you look 3 feet away from the screen the twister looks like its in 3-d

[jamieboxman7]

I live in the burbs of chicago to da southwest and I hear the sirens and I'm like " oh shi-" this is the scariest and the best siren.

[moneyjr1122]

could you imagine the damage if the tornado actually hit downtown ??

[MrKoolaid6969]

chicago: fuck its that tornado again WHAT THE FUCK DO U WANT?

tornado: nothing just wanted to rape u

[PokemonPro82]

Was there a tornado that night?

[yellowfish32]

In case theres a tornado overnight i have a makeshift bed in my basement.

[johnrkocena14]

We don't get many tornadoes where I live. I am happy.

[XxalienauroraxX]

I'd be scared if I were that high in the air while the tornado sirens are "WHOOOOOOOOOOing"

[GameInstituteify]

thumbs up if you hate tornado sirens at night

[TheRosso56]

what are the sirens in downtown chicargo

[04mach1speed]

I dunno why but this siren sounds fuckin bad ass...kinda scary too

Ours in Oklahoma sounds alitle differant..

Great video

[Johnny200000000000]

what was the date and time of that? That is very creepy



[LiveLaughLovee131]

Crazy sirens!

[lizzypaw12]

i don't find the tornadoes freaky i just panick when the sirens go on

[gymnast5601]

i cant imagine chicago being a place that gets tornados

[troshs]

@gymnast5601 Me either but warnings there seem pretty common on here...Even Wrigley field got blasted one night.

[gymnast5601]

@troshs wow! i heard about that night! are the warnings just precaution or do you actually get the tornados?

[troshs]

@gymnast5601 i wasnt actually there, but there are dozens of youtube videos up from fans in the stands. type in "that crazy night at wrigley". i live in central pennsylvania and even we have had a lot of warnings this year...but it does appear that something really went on at wrigley field that night. my favorite video of it is that after the storm, since it was 70's night, an Elvis impersonator runs out and slides on the tarp they put over the field. I'm pretty sure he got arrested! lol

[TheWhatweis]

@gymnast5601 we really don't get them in Chicago.

[jewkeslogan]

this is so scary i pist my pants

[gymnast5601]

@jewkeslogan lol just the vid or were u in the tornado?

[1000biscuit]

THE SIRENS SUPERBE RESONNEMENT

[Beeblez55]

THE SIRENS JUST MAKE IT WORST.

RUN CHICAGO RUN!

[crazySara1997]

Sounds like the siren in the movie silent hill :D

[MrDude826]

Wow it sounds like an evac. siren in case of a war... Awesome!

[alexcubs25]

looks like something in a movie.

[Tr2u1ck]

@alexcubs25 they should have gone off when chicago blew up in Transformers 3

[lawdog53]

i remember when i was 7 years old this siren went off I FUCKING SHIT AND PEED THE FUCK OUT MY PANTS O.O LOL

[SnowLeopardStudioz]

True story.

I was staying in Oklahoma in May of 2009 when the tornado siren started early at around 10pm at nighttime. My sister was screaming like crazy and my great grandmother who is deaf couldn't hear the siren that was blaring, i nearly shat my pants,my grandma's tv was broken and she had no internet.

We survived the massive tornado in her basement, but the kitchen was ripped apart!!!

If we weren't there my grandma could have died! Luckily now she has tv and a computer with internet :)

[wolfsaucedo]

King kong!!!!!!!! run bitch*es!!

[xxkeichii]

I'd be shittin' bricks bro.

[Jose031398]

beautiful sight and tornado..i like that

[dotch8774]

@DanceFerLyfe Uh maybe you're joking but, those are tornado sirens, and any air raid sirens left in cities are now used for tornado warnings, meaning, air raid sirens and tornado sirens don't differ, the sirens themselves(TBOLT, ALLERTOR, etc) that are used differ. Lots of different sirens(all with different tones) used throughout the united states. Simply put, all sirens are generally referred to as civil defense sirens, meaning they are used for multiple purposes.

[ulij20]

@dotch8774 I think what DanceFerLyfe is talking about is the sound pattern. For an air raid, the test is the hi-lo-hi-lo sound that is heard in the video. For tornadoes, they generally sound the high tone for about two to three minutes. For some reason, they went with the hi-lo sound. Perhaps they pressed the wrong button - not sure. 

[spotandtiggerbug]

@ulij20 They use either Alert (Steady Tone) Or Attack (Wail Tone) for tornadoes, because when the Merrill Wisconsin tornado hit, during the tornado warning, they used alert. When the tornado was almost on the ground they used attack. In this case, Chicago uses Attack, or Fast Wail, for warning. But that was back then. Now they use Wail and Alternate Wail

[alliecat08kc]

The sounds of those sirens remind me of that movie Cloverfield lol

[Smiley15881]

The sirens sounds like its the end of the world

[chrissyspoor21]

omg!!!! I remember going to school down there for Culinary Arts and there was a siren right in front of the school and I remember it going off one day during class and omg I couldn't hear for at least a good 10mins lol

[ILIKEXBOX1000]

Sir we have a russain missle in the air, cpatain:thats not a missle its a tornado! ..... RUN!

[20PINKluvr]

@akl3g they were probly used for that during the cold war.. now they use it for tornado warnings

[Drifter0001]

The safest place during a tornado is a skyscraper.

[AnuthaGrandGoon]

@Drifter0001 haha your funny

[stephaniew40]

@Drifter0001 why



[emikashii]

theres a warning right now T_T

[AudoiiBees]

I'M ONLY HERE CAUSE OF THE WARNING NOW T_T

[al3051]

At first I thought the sirens were 50 ambulance sirens blowing at once. Lol :P

[makissa98]

WOAH DUDE MINE ARE WORST I WAS HOME ALONE AND IM 12 WOW I CIRED AND PEED HAHAHA :D

[XxTheGamerXEXx]

has anyone though this

Tornado: Im going to sneek up on these motherfuckers

*siren goes off*

Tornado: FUCK

[gameplayer898]

@XxTheGamerXEXx ya?

[beckyerickson1967]

@XxTheGamerXEXx thats funny lol

[whelenvortex]

@XxTheGamerXEXx its like in CoD when you try to capture a flag then the guy yells SECURING C!!!!! and in your head ypur like GOD DAMMIT SHUT UP!!!!!!

[stanleysoffical]

looks like a 2012 scene



[Theworldking100]

i was only 3 years old you idiot

[mjelaine]

Whenever tornado sirens go off where I live we don't think anything of it. Now when we here something that sounds like a tornado, thats when we get our asses in the bathroom!!

[xxSarahGardinerxx]

The sirens sound like the ww2 ones.

[99maggots]

Damn Nature, YOU SCARY!

[99maggots]

Omg, with the dark and stormy weather like that the sirens make it seem like there are fucking zombies invading the world.!

[JustAPortionOfThis]

The Sirens sound like the end of the world is about to happen!

[savvy12510]

Damn, that's creepy 0.o

[wakeking0913]

I remember that storm

[EpicNoobBoyTV]

CREEPY! I don't have these sirens were i live...

[MrHackeralert]

its like a zombie apocalpse with all the sirns

[TheHannah1601]

it makes me goosebumps!

[sergyboy1]

my ball hateds tornado warning

[bloodyguy9898]

I remember this! OMG!

[KingofSims84]

was there an actual tornado?

[EpicNoobBoyTV]

Reminds me of nuclear bomb sirens...

[CONTHEWON17]

it sounds like your about to get bombed or something

[sergyboy1]

the sirens went off

[sergyboy1]

OH CRAP I REMBER THIS

[indzone12]

silent hill creepy

[Applachia0928]

Holy shit! Wouldn't want to fly in that!

[Karl1587]

reminds me of World War II... imagine this kinda sound in 1940s London and then Nazi bombs blowing everything up... Scary..

[MrTztokjad]

Here in Missouri, our Outdoor Warning Sirens only pulse like the ones in the video if there is an attack in the area. Otherwise its a continuous siren for Tornados.

[chcgo2undaground]

Of course the idiots in chicago don't know the most common warning siren alert is a continuous single tone and that an alternating pitch siren alert was actually the "all clear" alert.

[JeBaCSqUaDint]

just like the war in bosnia i can realate to this scary

[sirenlover100]

Where is tornado?

[AlwayzDreamn]

Creepy

[Raajur]

The sirens remind me of Silent Hill... that would be even scarier...

[inesis]

Rule n°1: Tornado never hit big cities. Everybody should know that by now...

[ladyhrist]

@inesis Tell that to my city. Our downtown got flattened about 10 years ago.

[allenamericans]

@inesis there was a tornado last year that came less then 2 miles from downtown Dallas

[geraldd4]

@inesis Thats not true! Tornadoes can hit anywhere one hit the downtown area of Atlanta in 2008. Tornadoes are unpredictable they don't say hey its a big city I think i will touch down somwhere else lol

[inesis]

@geraldd4 Notice the 3 dots at the end of my comment, I was being sarcastic! I am well aware this is only a myth! But anyway, if a tornado hit a big city, you can always open the windows to reduce the damage...

[geraldd4]

@inesis Lol i don't think i wanna find out...

[solarphonic]

Oh man I've never heard anything like these sirens, so creepy and menacing. Wow great video!

[xCRsoccerboy]

i love this sound it feels like we are been invaded by aliens. I wish i had an automatic gun, pull it out, and get into action!

[SoftballCB23]

i remember being soooo scared!! i hadnt been in a tornado before and i was only like 8 or 9 i hid in the snack room in my basment and my parents laughed at me

[khandarrah13]

@SoftballCB23 Don't feel bad. My first tornado was last year driving through Sheriden, WY. I was 24 and no sirens out in the middle of nowhere (was going to Michigan) so I had to drive through blinding rain, wind, and hydroplaning on a freaking curvy highway to get to the town. I balled like a bitch, I called my mom and cried xD lmao.

[NevadaWPFan]

It sounds like mother nature has just declaired war on humanity. Freaky, with the clouds, knowing there is nothing that can be done to stop it.

[LkwFan91]

Damn that must be very scary if you here the sirens and you know what could happens.

[HelmutVillam]

scary sound. When my grandmother used to hear these it was because of bombs, not tornadoes. The day after at school there would sometimes be some empty desks.

[skippylexi]

does anyone else think that these things sound so creepy. i live in a somewhat small city so we dont have these

[triplelutz009]

@joshuajvelez ahhh i remember that night, watching the cubs game

[joshuajvelez]

Was this the one when the Cubs game had gotten delayed?

[MrDrummerboy125]

This video was made like 5 years ago!

[incheon]

The sirens were way more creepy than the storm itself!

[Theworldking100]

@incheon theworldking100 3/5/11 the tornado sirens came but i was scared because because it was raining i went in the basement in our house but i forgot it was the first saturday of the month then i went to the couches in our basement then i walked i something wet. OUR BAESMENT FLOOR FLOODED!!!!!

[Treflip134]

@incheon true

[yoshi9891]

@incheon Amazing point

[footballstar2354]

As a storm chaser, this is the most beautiful sound in the world

[penguinmaster7]

that's my kind of weather

[jonassejersen1967]

nice siren, but danish is best!



[JulieNoWay]

The siren is more frightening then the actual tornado. I'd probably be running around yelling "WE'S GON' DIE", but on a serious note... not only are the clouds very fascinating, I live in California so I'd be as scared as a zebra in a Lion's den.... >_> you get what I mean, though.

[sirenlover100]

sooooo creepy

[mario6515]

Anybody remember in 2008 it was a really bad storm? It was a Tornado warning, Hell it WAS a tornado touch down in the country area. It was in August I believe, about 3 or 4 weeks before school started? Now that was some scary shit.

[MasterSamurai]

I love how when these sirens go off, everyone goes to the windows. Which is like the exact opposite thing you should do in a tornado warning. But we youtube users appreciate the videos!

[oliviazski13]

I remember that... that was so creepy. o_o

But I love storms, so it was so cool. :3

[sharpclaw19]

really never saw a tornado on 2006 no tornado

[sidsthegreat87]

Screw u addie ur team cant evn tk out an 8 seed hahaha ur team blows we came all the way bk at a 1 seed nd last time i chckd the hawks are 2-1 against the gay canucks in the playoffs o nd wen the fans say luooo they sound retarded they do it evn if he doesnt touch the puck nd tht team Will Not win the cup loser