Hall County Siren #37 - Federal Signal Thunderbolt 1003A

I decided to have my grandma try and make a video of the Thunderbolt 1003 at Central Nebraska Regional Airport. And they did a hi lo! The wind down got cut short because her camera stopped recording. And before anyone asks, there are no "hiccups" in this test, there are just so many buildings around that it echos and can make the siren sound funny.

UPDATE: As of January 23-27, 2012, this siren has been replaced by a 2001-130.

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• 1003
• central
• nebraska
• regional
• airport
• test
• alert
• hi
• lo
• high
• low
• civil
• defense
• siren
• fire

[JKSK8ERLIVE]

@ 1:01 what was that "click" sound was that u switching it to hi lo or was it the solenoids activating?

[antiwhoknows]

@JKSK8ERLIVE It was just the solenoid. You can just hear the first one because after that the blower is running and the siren is louder than the solenoids.

[Nelso90]

Best 1003 recording I've ever heard! That echo sounds nice!

[antiwhoknows]

@Nelso90 Thanks!

[jsncrso]

Pleas tell me you plan on recording this siren again!

[antiwhoknows]

I do plan on going there Monday the 28th. The guy I know at the airport can set it off whenever he wants and said he would set it off for me. Then he said I could even go up into the tower because it's pretty much eye level with the projector horn. I might even get to set it off! =D

[DigitalEagleInc]

**Shivers** Oh man when it wound up in High*Low it's Scarry

[RadioactiveKat22]

we have one of these loud babies right next to mai school D: i cames on everytime we walk to lunch everytime it comes on all the kids scream XD

[KSE828]

Sounds like there are "hiccups" in this video. ;-)

[TheFiremansavage]

what city might that be

[clowj69]

who dosent love a thunderbolt

[HardDriveGuru]

Awesome!

[K9FON]

Back in the early 1970s after the Super Outbreak the local CD and the EM had a bunch of these Thunderbolts installed. Some of them look like they are in great condition but there are a few that look like they havent seen a coat of paint since they were installed in 1974!!!!