Tornado Sirens Sound in Iowa

This video is of an approaching thunderstorm and the subsequent sounding of the tornado sirens in Iowa. I decided to stop filming when the winds started picking up. This storm ended up dropping a weak tornado that did little to no damage.

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News & Politics

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• iowa
• tornado
• sirens

[titanicposeidonfan12]

did a tornado touchdown?

[gene5335]

@titanicposeidonfan12 Yes... briefly about a mile away. But it was very weak and was most likely an EF 0.

[schildgen1]

My aunt says since she lives in Iowa they only do it when theres an actual tornado touching down. Is that true?

[gene5335]

@schildgen1 Polk County's outdoor warning sirens now activate for tornado warnings and for winds in excess of 70 miles per hour. This is a change from the past when a tornado warning (Doppler radar indicated tornado or otherwise) would cause the local Emergency Management offices to trigger the outdoor alarms. A tornado does not have to be physically on the ground to cause the alarms to sound. Doppler radar indicated is enough.

[falkjfdlkajfdkla]

dude when i was a little girl i used to like cry and hide when i heard sirens go off

[TSMaster5150]

To samlowry5611:

When someone says XT22 they mean 2T22/3T22. Most of the time one cannot tell if it is a 2T22 or a 3T22 unless it can be seen in the video.

[tylerwalker2]

@falkjfdlkajfdkla dont blame ya, those things are damn scary.. thankfully where i live ive never had to hear one...

[doverpoint1]

xT22 and thunderbolt and look under doverpoint1 and select one of MY videos. This ones nice!

[defysquirrel189]

HURRY THE EERY SIRENS HAVE SOUNDED! GET TO TH.........aw face it look at the sky...were screwed :D

[xiBeliebScoobix]

I hate the beep of the tornado warning on TV.

[soxmonki]

Growing up in Iowa - now living in the SW - I just remembered this alarm as "take cover - go to the basement"

[gene5335]

@gene5335 You are correct. There is no "all clear" tone.