Tornado sirens in Ellis, Ks, May 23 2008
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I believe that was caused by the doppler effect. It is the same thing that makes the police car's siren sound lower after it passes you. The perceived pitch change is relative. If they would have stopped beside the siren, it would not have sounded lower.
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thats because they passed the siren. if you passed a honking car the pitch drops. When you are driving towards something, like, said siren, the sound waves are tighter making the pitch higher. When you pass it, the sound waves are "looser", therefore dropping the pitch.
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May 23, 08 was a helluva day. We saw two tornadoes near Quinter and a large supercell near Ness City. Larges tornado outbreak in Kansas history
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You Guys Must Haave Passed a STH-10.
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someone there also recorded the same sound.
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lol?
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I live in Ontario's tornado alley. lol
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The tornado sirens sound like a bunch of blues harmonicas at the beginning.
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we rarely get tornados even tho im on the edge of ontarios tornado alley
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i think i heard some thunderbolts,
3t22, sth-10.
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the laws of physics!
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no i don't see a tornado
is a test or a tornado warning???
davidlee110 3 years ago
It's a tornado warning...look at the tornado reports on the SPC site(may 23). A tornado hit Ellis near the high school and another one was west of the town.
TEXASPAN 3 years ago
Around 2:00, that's my house!
musicphreak33 3 years ago
Wow :)!
TEXASPAN 3 years ago
If you think about it it's probably because they pass the siren. It's like a car with a loud stereo, the bass is higher pitched coming toward you and drops off after the car passes. Just a guess.
pankdaddy 3 years ago
Yes, we passed the siren quite fast on the car.
TEXASPAN 3 years ago