Mon May 18, 2020 10:01 pm
A new activation procedure is in use in Franklin County. Based on what I noticed in last hour's tornado warning, the activation procedure goes like this: Sirens will do a growl (quick activation) county-wide if a tornado warning is issued anywhere in the county. In the zone of the tornado warning, sirens will do a 3 minute alert. Here's my reasoning:
There are 2 sirens covering my house, let's call them Siren 1 and Siren 2, for privacy reasons. Both of these sirens are in the Northwest zone. These did the growl when the warnings started, as well as my weather radio, in the middle of a school zoom call, so I left the call and checked to see what was happening. A tornado warning was in the southwest corner of the county, and I could faintly hear sirens going off. Every 7 minutes (I didn't time it but I assume), the sirens would growl again. One of the times they growled, Siren 1 stayed on for the full 3 minutes, I think it didn't pick up cancellation tones. This siren is north of Siren 2, so I don't think they would activate only that one in the zone for a warning south of the county. The growls happened every 7 minutes as the warning continued, so one of the times, the sirens went off in a 3 minute tone and right after they were growled. Also, as far as I know, Dublin didn't activate any sirens today, which is not normal for them. I can usually hear their wail tone from my house.
I have a few videos, but I would have to edit them, so I might post them later.
Sentry rules, ATI's are for fools.
Living in Central Ohio, the Whelen capital of the country.