No NOAA Weather Radio tornado warning samples anywhere?

[Tim Vasquez]

My four-year old wanted to hear what our weather radio would sound like if there was a tornado warning (for good reason too, an extra pair of ears isn't a bad idea). I found nothing on the Internet! Is there really no clip of an actual tornado warning anywhere? Not counting chase footage, as the extraneous noise of people talking would be distracting.

Given the educational utility of something like this it's somewhat astonishing this is so hard to find.

Tim

 

[Dennis Sherrod]

Go to this link. Press the third button for the standard Severe Weather Alert. Other tones commonly used are also included.
http://www.safetycom.com/sirensounds.html

Actually what I gave you the link to was the actual sirens sounds, not the weather radio alert tone.

 

[Jim Saueressig]

This?:

Tornado Warning.mp3

 

[Tim Vasquez]

No sorry, none of the above. We are looking for an example of a tornado warning... not just alert tones.

Tim

 

[GPhillips]

Tim,

Search on youtube for tornado warning. There are lots of them. Most are interruptions of recorded television shows.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2nFOrMxPR8

 

[Jim Saueressig]

Your talking about the actual radio voice audio?

 

[JIM SELLARS]

Tim....I have a Mp3 of the Greensburg TOR warning from NWR....I can't attach the file here...Either PM me with an Email address to send it to or tell me how to attach the file here...Jim

Found some online...

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/mlb/surveys/020207/audio/NWS_Warning.mp3
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/dtx/1953beecher/images/beecher_warning.mp3

Or you could also call Rick Smith over at Norman and see if he can Email an audio file to you... Rick or Greg at the SPC may agree that having an mp3 of this for presentations at schools might help their "OUTREACH" for NWR.... All the best and Good Luck!!!

 

[Anthony Silver]

Will this work? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q3Tsiwec5Q&feature=related

(Video of an actual WX Radio activation during a TOR in Wisconsin)

 

[Tim Vasquez]

Except for Anthony's clip, none of the samples above work... they don't sound like actual NOAA Weather Radio content and at least a few of them are actually homemade. However I think Anthony's sample may work in a pinch.

I think it's worthwhile to put some warnings online so I may monitor the streaming audio page at http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/streamaudio.htm and capture a warning next time there's an outbreak.

Tim

 

[Greg Stumpf]

The actual NWR broadcast of two Severe Weather Statements for the Greensburg KS tornado, including the infamous Tornado Emergency statement, is heard in the audio portion of the May 4 chapter of the Storms of 2007. In both cases, you hear some external automobile noise as well, including a direction turn signal clicking, but I suspect some fancy audio engineering might be able to remove those artifacts.

Unfortunately, I don't have my copy of the DVD handy, but Darin Brunin was the chapter producer, and he may be able to locate the owner of those video segments to provide permission to use them. And then I can take my audio files and send them to you.

 

[Sarah Glenn]

Some literature I read with a wx radio I just bought my dad said that there are test warnings issued sometime on Wednesdays. I can't remember the time, but maybe it's listed somewhere online or in your radio instructions.

 

[Mark Blue]

I'll have my camcorder ready today just in case my new weather radio (Midland) alerts again today like it did yesterday. I just bought it about a week ago because Mike Nelson (Channel 7) is running a promotion with King Soopers (a local grocery store) and the unit actually looked pretty nice for $30.00.

I set it up last week and yesterday it alerted for the first time. At first I couldn't figure out what the obnoxious sound was because it sounded like an old-fashioned phone ringing only slightly different (like a phone from the early 80s). At first I thought it was a special ring I had set up on my cell phone, but when I went upstairs I realized it was the weather radio. Today is almost the same weather set up as yesterday, so I'll be ready just in case.

 

[Gerrit Gulden]

I have the standard Tone itself without the actual Warning info. I am pretty sure your looking for this.

http://www.severeidaho.com/tmp/warningtone.mp3

Alot of the Tones referenced and even some I have found are nothing like what plays on my NOaa radio. The mp3 file I have is the actual sound before you hear the Voice from NOAA tell about what the warning is, etc.

I will hunt for a Warning tone with actual NOAA voice on the warning.

-gerrit

 

[Dick McGowan]

Unfortunately, I don't have my copy of the DVD handy, but Darin Brunin was the chapter producer, and he may be able to locate the owner of those video segments to provide permission to use them. And then I can take my audio files and send them to you.

Tony Cook is the owner of that audio/video, which still gives me goosebumps listening to. Tony not only saw the Greensburg tornado, but was on the Arnett, OK tornado's full life cycle! Talk about the perfect day of chasing for him...

 

[Jerry Funfsinn]

Tone and warning info as I caught the Parkersburg supercell in north Waterloo. http://creativejetstream.com/video/waterlooIA5_25_08.m3u