EOWS 612 in Mt. Vernon, IL

[DSRX100]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8plMbocyeo

Here's a test of the warning sirens in Mt. Vernon, Illinois, not to be confused with Mt. Vernon, Indiana, which isn't too far away. They test them the first Tuesday of the month at 10AM, much like the rest of the state. The city has at least four EOWS 612 sirens, but there's a possibility there could be other sirens in the surrounding area since they considered adding more at some point. Not to mention, there's these mystery DTMF strings I kept hearing that didn't correspond with the 612 I recorded. Maybe they activate other sirens? Who knows.

This 612 is located near Mt. Vernon City Hall, across the fire department who I think activates them. According to their website and an article I read, they sound the sirens for both severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings. During testing, they test all three primary functions. The article said that the first test sounds the sirens in hi-lo, the second, a constant wail tone (probably attack), and the third test checks the function of the live voice message system. Well, as you can tell, it definitely didn't do a hi-lo tone, so I have no idea what happened there. Hi-lo sounds for severe storms while wail sounds for tornado warnings.

It was a nice test and the siren's ear-piercing, screaming high-pitch was surprisingly very loud. There's not a whole lot of electronic FS sirens in my area and I don't always get the opportunity to record a siren in Illinois either with college classes starting soon. But, I'm definitely coming back sometime to record another one for sure. Who knows, maybe there's a dual tone one somewhere.

[SiratoneGuy612]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8plMbocyeo

Here's a test of the warning sirens in Mt. Vernon, Illinois, not to be confused with Mt. Vernon, Indiana, which isn't too far away. They test them the first Tuesday of the month at 10AM, much like the rest of the state. The city has at least four EOWS 612 sirens, but there's a possibility there could be other sirens in the surrounding area since they considered adding more at some point. Not to mention, there's these mystery DTMF strings I kept hearing that didn't correspond with the 612 I recorded. Maybe they activate other sirens? Who knows.

This 612 is located near Mt. Vernon City Hall, across the fire department who I think activates them. According to their website and an article I read, they sound the sirens for both severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings. During testing, they test all three primary functions. The article said that the first test sounds the sirens in hi-lo, the second, a constant wail tone (probably attack), and the third test checks the function of the live voice message system. Well, as you can tell, it definitely didn't do a hi-lo tone, so I have no idea what happened there. Hi-lo sounds for severe storms while wail sounds for tornado warnings.

It was a nice test and the siren's ear-piercing, screaming high-pitch was surprisingly very loud. There's not a whole lot of electronic FS sirens in my area and I don't always get the opportunity to record a siren in Illinois either with college classes starting soon. But, I'm definitely coming back sometime to record another one for sure. Who knows, maybe there's a dual tone one somewhere.

Just glad it isn't sick unlike the other one.

[Jake_7367]

You just bumped a 7 plus month old thread..

[SiratoneGuy612]

You just bumped a 7 plus month old thread..

I didn't mean to do it.

[birds1337]

You just bumped a 7 plus month old thread..

I didn't mean to do it.

Or maybe just stop sifting through dead threads and focus on what's current.

[lkreykes]

How do you not mean to intentionally bump a thread? Just don't do it; problem solved.

[TboltTX1]

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