The Siren Board

So here we are, 3 days after the first activation of the season. Activates at 2:45 in the morning for straight line winds exceeding 80mph. Woke me up the instant it wound up and grabbed the camera and recorded outside. Video will be up soon. Here it is y'all https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkV4rDn79oM

I believe there was a tornado in Lewisville as well.

Nope no tornado, just straight line winds exceeding 80mph. There was one in Fort Worth at 2:20am. This occurred around 2:44am

Mesquite sounded their FS 2001's also for high winds around 3 a.m.

There actually was an EF-1 tornado that went through Lewisville. I noticed quite a bit of damage this morning during my commute. Mostly downed trees and limbs, however there were a few fences which were blown over and some roof damage on several houses. The worst I saw was a boat storage facility about a mile from my house which lost one of its bays.

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2017/03/29/resi ... e-tornado/


It also appears that Keller lost one of their Whelens.
(Photo credit: Keller PD Twitter)
https://twitter.com/kellerpolice/status ... 22984?s=09

Ouch!

Awww.... poor little Whelen Wonder if they'll replace it in total or just slap a new pole on it. Yes, there was no tornado warning but yes, I heard here was a tornado. I'll post the link to the video at the top.

*just realized the Whelen was totaled.

WhammyP-50 wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 30, 2017 2:27 pm

Awww.... poor little Whelen Wonder if they'll replace it in total or just slap a new pole on it. Yes, there was no tornado warning but yes, I heard here was a tornado. I'll post the link to the video at the top.

That Whelen is broken beyond repair. It's replace or loose it.

Keller said they should be getting a new one, and this time install it on a concrete pole. The siren sounding in my video is leaning pretty bad. It was already leaning bad but now it's worse.

That's why you use concrete poles. Wood is cheaper but volnerable to high winds.