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Re: Cincinnati Metropolitan Area Sirens

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Re: Cincinnati Metropolitan Area Sirens

Thu Apr 04, 2019 7:10 pm

maxshaw wrote:
Wed Apr 03, 2019 9:02 pm
https://www.weather.gov/media/iln/event ... ummary.pdf
This article from the Wilmington Ohio NWS gives an interesting summary of the tornado outbreak on April 3-4, 1974. According to this, the first time that Hamilton County ever activated its sirens for a tornado warning was for the Sayler Park tornado.
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This coming Tuesday, April 9 will be the 20-year anniversary of the outbreak that produced F4 tornado in Blue Ash and Montgomery, as well as an F1 in Addyston. Keep an eye out for news stories. This is what prompted the EMA to push for battery backup sirens, as I remember seeing an old Enquirer article from 1999 listing and mapping out sirens that did not activate. Some were due to power outages, and others did not activate for other reasons. I remember these sirens being on the list:

Addyston Municipal Building (Thunderbolt)
Addyston VFW Hall (Hurricane)
Sayler Park Elementary School (SD-10)
Cleves Municipal Building (STL-10)
Two Miami Township Fire Stations (2 P-15s)
Oak Hills High School (Thunderbolt)
Diamond Oaks (Thunderbolt)
St. Joseph Church in North Bend (SD-10)
Baughman Rd. in Harrison Twp. (Excel T-128)... I remember this one was listed as having a burned out motor, which I doubt was true. It would most likely have been replaced if that was the case. But of course we all know that the EMA personnel in these days were a lot more clueless than today's staff.
Resident of a county with big a mixture of sirens, but in the process of being replaced. :(

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Re: Cincinnati Metropolitan Area Sirens

Thu Apr 04, 2019 8:37 pm

I forgot to mention this in my last post, but in that same pdf that I posted above, it says that the NWS called "Station X" in Cincinnati to activate the sirens. Does anyone have any idea what "Station X" is/ was?

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Re: Cincinnati Metropolitan Area Sirens

Thu Apr 04, 2019 8:47 pm

carexpertandy wrote:
Thu Apr 04, 2019 7:10 pm
maxshaw wrote:
Wed Apr 03, 2019 9:02 pm
https://www.weather.gov/media/iln/event ... ummary.pdf
This article from the Wilmington Ohio NWS gives an interesting summary of the tornado outbreak on April 3-4, 1974. According to this, the first time that Hamilton County ever activated its sirens for a tornado warning was for the Sayler Park tornado.
Cool find!

This coming Tuesday, April 9 will be the 20-year anniversary of the outbreak that produced F4 tornado in Blue Ash and Montgomery, as well as an F1 in Addyston. Keep an eye out for news stories. This is what prompted the EMA to push for battery backup sirens, as I remember seeing an old Enquirer article from 1999 listing and mapping out sirens that did not activate. Some were due to power outages, and others did not activate for other reasons. I remember these sirens being on the list:

Addyston Municipal Building (Thunderbolt)
Addyston VFW Hall (Hurricane)
Sayler Park Elementary School (SD-10)
Cleves Municipal Building (STL-10)
Two Miami Township Fire Stations (2 P-15s)
Oak Hills High School (Thunderbolt)
Diamond Oaks (Thunderbolt)
St. Joseph Church in North Bend (SD-10)
Baughman Rd. in Harrison Twp. (Excel T-128)... I remember this one was listed as having a burned out motor, which I doubt was true. It would most likely have been replaced if that was the case. But of course we all know that the EMA personnel in these days were a lot more clueless than today's staff.
I wonder if that’s why those 2001-SRN’s were added in 2000, although I doubt any battery backup sirens existed in the late 1970’s...
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Thu Apr 04, 2019 9:16 pm

I believe this is the article you're referring to carexpertandy:

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Re: Cincinnati Metropolitan Area Sirens

Thu Apr 04, 2019 9:38 pm

Yes Christian, that’s it! Thanks!
fire_freak_57 wrote:
Thu Apr 04, 2019 8:47 pm
I wonder if that’s why those 2001-SRN’s were added in 2000, although I doubt any battery backup sirens existed in the late 1970’s...
Well, most of Hamilton County’s 2001s were installed in the late 90s and early 2000s. Some other jurisdictions also responded by installing T-128s of course. It wasn’t a concern back in the day, but I can’t think of a single battery powered siren from 1974 (just saw Whelen brought the first battery powered siren in 1977). But hey, sirens that were gas powered existed...
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Re: Cincinnati Metropolitan Area Sirens

Thu Apr 04, 2019 10:40 pm

Haha, the Hurricane had a faulty valve.
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Re: Cincinnati Metropolitan Area Sirens

Mon Apr 08, 2019 4:45 pm

maxshaw wrote:
Thu Apr 04, 2019 8:37 pm
I forgot to mention this in my last post, but in that same pdf that I posted above, it says that the NWS called "Station X" in Cincinnati to activate the sirens. Does anyone have any idea what "Station X" is/ was?
Station X was the old pump house for the Eden park reservoirs and was later the Hamilton county communications center in the 60`s and 70`s. It is located on Eden park drive.
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Re: Cincinnati Metropolitan Area Sirens

Fri Apr 12, 2019 1:45 pm

I just saw that there were tornado warnings in the area this morning. Anyone hear sirens? I’m at work in Mason.
Resident of a county with big a mixture of sirens, but in the process of being replaced. :(

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Re: Cincinnati Metropolitan Area Sirens

Fri Apr 12, 2019 7:55 pm

Yeah, I heard them briefly before we went into our tornado shelters at school. I was suprised that the NWS even issued a warning, but they're doing an investigation in Kenton County to see if there was in fact a tornado.

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