Thunderbolt 1003 Weekly Fire/Tornado Siren Test, 'Hi-Lo' (Fire Signal) - Silverstreet, SC 5/9/15

*Update JANUARY 2025, the Silverstreet Thunderbolt 1003 was moved to the county's storage, apparently the reinstallation project fell through. Unfortunately, the county has currently no plans for the Silverstreet Thunderbolt to be reinstalled.

Previous update from 2024: The Silverstreet 1003 had went through refurbishment process, it was just finished. But unfortunately, this siren still hasn't been reinstalled and there is currently no estimated date for this siren to be reinstalled. It was originally anticipated to be reinstalled back spring 2024.

Previous update from 2023: This siren was removed and was taken to the repair shop for repairs to the siren. The chopper motor is dead. County plans to reinstall this siren by spring 2024. I repeat, this siren will be reinstalled next year.

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Shot on May 9, 2015. This is a weekly test of the Newberry County Siren System. This siren was tested every Saturday at 12:00 PM ET (now tested at the last Saturday of every month at noon). The reason why I went back (again) to record this siren because it was recently been fixed (the problem was one of the brush caps came off the chopper motor) and wanted to listen what it sounds like now. It sounds like the same when I last time filmed it. I know the pitch drops slowly during this test. I don't know what's causing it to do that. This siren is a 3 phase model (1003A). I had a windproof mic screen on the camera mic and it did very good at this siren test! Winds were gusting around 20mph. That is why the camera was vibrating a lot in this video. This siren is located in Silverstreet, South Carolina at Silverstreet Fire Department across from a park off of Main Street (34).

Location of this siren: https://goo.gl/rflAEb

Newberry County, SC Siren Map: https://goo.gl/0kTacn

Recorded by a JVC Everio GZ-E200BU